Abel Gance
Director
Paradis perdu (1939)
Overview
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.61%
Abel Gance
Screenplay
Cast
Fernand Gravey
Pierre Leblan
Micheline Presle
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Robert Le Vigan
Edouard Bordenave
Elvira Popescu
Sonia Vorochine
André Alerme
le couturier Raoul Calou
Monique Rolland
Laurence Aubujan
Robert Pizani
Le couturier Bernard Lesage
Jane Marken
Madame Bonneron - la concierge
Marcel Delaître
Le capitaine
Gérard Landry
Gérard Aubujan
Nicolas Amato
Le chanteur du 14 juillet (uncredited)
Gaby André
Irène (uncredited)
Fernand Gravey
Pierre Leblan
Micheline Presle
Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Robert Le Vigan
Edouard Bordenave
Elvira Popescu
Sonia Vorochine
André Alerme
le couturier Raoul Calou
Monique Rolland
Laurence Aubujan
Robert Pizani
Le couturier Bernard Lesage
Jane Marken
Madame Bonneron - la concierge
Marcel Delaître
Le capitaine
Gérard Landry
Gérard Aubujan
Nicolas Amato
Le chanteur du 14 juillet (uncredited)
Gaby André
Irène (uncredited)
Extra
Release Date
October 27, 1939Original Language
FrenchBudget
$0.00Production Company
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