1940: Taking over French Cinema
Release Date: 2019-05-19
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.
Rating: 9 / 10
Cast
Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
as Self (voice)
Louis-Émile Galey
as Self (archive footage)
Claude Heymann
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Dréville
as Self (archive footage)
Marcel Carné
as Self (archive footage)
Crew
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Christine Leteux - Book
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Arnaud Guillemant - Original Music Composer
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Julie Meigniez - Production Manager
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Baptiste Guichot - Sound Editor
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Yoann Crez - Assistant Editor
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