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1940: Taking over French Cinema - 2019

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.

55min
2019
U
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10

Cast

Marcel Carné profile pictureMarcel CarnéSelf (archive footage)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois profile pictureJean-Paul Le ChanoisSelf (archive footage)
Henri-Georges Clouzot profile pictureHenri-Georges ClouzotSelf (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux profile pictureDanielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)
Max Douy profile pictureMax DouySelf (archive footage)
Charles Spaak profile pictureCharles SpaakSelf (archive footage)

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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.

Age Rating: U
Runtime: 55min

Extra details

Original Title: 1940, main basse sur le cinéma français
Original Language: French
Directed By: Pierre-Henri Gibert
Production Companies
Talweg Production, France Télévisions, Histoire TV
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