Paradis perdu (1940)

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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.

GENRES:  Drama • Romance • War
DIRECTION:  Abel Gance

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Cast & Characters

Fernand Gravey Pierre Leblanc
Micheline Presle Janine et Jeannette
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
Les Bluebell Girls Les girls à l'inauguration de la Marie-Galante
Gérard Landry Gérard Aubujan
Nicolas Amato Le chanteur du 14 juillet

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