(Paradis perdu)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France

Genres:

War,

Drama,

Romance

Runtime:

91 minutes

Year:

1939

Directors:

Abel Gance

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Production companies:

Tarice Film

Actors:

Pierre Leblan

Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan

Edouard Bordenave

Sonia Vorochine

le couturier Raoul Calou

Crews:

Director

Original Story

Dialogue

Screenplay

Screenplay