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Paradise Lost (1940 film)

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Paradise Lost
Directed byAbel Gance
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byLéonide Azar
Music byHans May
Production
company
Tarice Film
Distributed byConsortium du Film
Release date
  • 26 February 1940 (1940-02-26)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Paradise Lost (French: Paradis perdu) is a 1940 French war drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco and Micheline Presle.[1] In pre-First World War Paris, an aspiring artist falls in love with a dressmaker. After she dies in childbirth he volunteers to take part in a dangerous mission during the war. Badly wounded, he nonetheless recovers, and returns home to bring up his only daughter.

Cast

References

  1. ^ The A to Z of French Cinema p.181

Bibliography

  • Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. (2009) The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press.
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