1940: Taking over French Cinema
1940, main basse sur le cinéma français
Storyline
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.
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Cast & Crew
Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
Self (voice)
Louis-Émile Galey
Self (archive footage)
Claude Heymann
Self (archive footage)
Jean Dréville
Self (archive footage)
Marcel Carné
Self (archive footage)
Raoul Ploquin
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Henri Calef
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Self (archive footage)
Michel Duran
Self (archive footage)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Self (archive footage)
Hans Borgelt
Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux
Self (archive footage)
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1940: Taking over French Cinema was released on May 19, 2019.
The runtime of 1940: Taking over French Cinema is 55m.
1940: Taking over French Cinema is a Documentary, History, TV Movie movie.
1940: Taking over French Cinema has a rating of 9.0 out of 10 on TMDB.
1940: Taking over French Cinema is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
1940: Taking over French Cinema was directed by Pierre-Henri Gibert.
The main cast of 1940: Taking over French Cinema includes Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Louis-Émile Galey, Claude Heymann.
1940: Taking over French Cinema is originally in French.