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1940, main basse sur le cinéma français

1940, main basse sur le cinéma français

(2019)

Overview

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Pierre-Henri Gibert
  2. Producer : Vincent Gazaigne
  3. Writer : Pierre-Henri Gibert
  4. Editor : Pierre-Henri Gibert,Florence Bénichou
  5. Cast : Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain,Louis-Émile Galey,Claude Heymann,Jean Dréville,Marcel Carné,Raoul Ploquin,Henri Calef,Jean-Paul Le Chanois,Michel Duran,Henri-Georges Clouzot,Hans Borgelt,Danielle Darrieux,Max Douy,Louis Cochet,Charles Spaak

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Original Title1940, main basse sur le cinéma français

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2019-05-19

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 55m

Homepagehttp://talwegproduction.com/en/films/1940-taking-over-french-cinema/

Production CompaniesTalweg Production,France Télévisions,Histoire TV

Genres

  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie

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