1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019)
55m
Running Time
May 19, 2019Release Date
1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019)
55m
Running Time
May 19, 2019Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
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)
Max Douy
Self (archive footage)
Louis Cochet
Self (archive footage)
Charles Spaak
Self (archive footage)
Pierre-Henri Gibert
Director / Writer / Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 19, 2019
Original Name1940, main basse sur le cinéma français
StatusReleased
Running Time55m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
world war ii
based on novel or book
1940s
france
german occupation
antisemitic
occupied france
film industry
documentary film
historical documentary
You May Also Like.
Look at the other titles that might be interesting for you
Liquirizia (1979)
Movie
Mitterrand et la télé (2021)
Movie
The Oxide Incident (2014)
Movie
Luban Four Heroes (2021)
Movie
Ghost Image (2020)
Movie
Manja Valewska (1937)
Movie
Who, If Not Us (1998)
Movie
The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
Movie
floatland (2018)
Movie
Just Try Me (2012)
Movie
Journey Across the Mainland (1988)
Movie
Rong (2019)
Movie
Spring (2010)
Movie
One Step Ahead of My Shadow (1933)
Movie
Slash-O-Lantern Part II (2022)
Movie
Dance of Dust (1998)
Movie
Honor Flight (2012)
Movie
Blood Orange (2010)
Movie
1956, naissance d'un nouveau monde (2017)
Movie