1940: Taking over French Cinema

1940: Taking over French Cinema

2019 fr 55 minutes

Rating: 9

Plot

Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.

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Cast

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Self (voice)

Louis-Émile Galey

Louis-Émile Galey

Self (archive footage)

Claude Heymann

Claude Heymann

Self (archive footage)

Jean Dréville

Jean Dréville

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Carné

Marcel Carné

Self (archive footage)

Raoul Ploquin

Raoul Ploquin

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Henri Calef

Henri Calef

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Self (archive footage)

Michel Duran

Michel Duran

Self (archive footage)

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Self (archive footage)

Hans Borgelt

Hans Borgelt

Self (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Self (archive footage)

Max Douy

Max Douy

Self (archive footage)

Louis Cochet

Louis Cochet

Self (archive footage)

Charles Spaak

Charles Spaak

Self (archive footage)

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