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.

Directing:
  • Pierre-Henri Gibert

Writing:
  • Pierre-Henri Gibert
  • Christine Leteux

Stars:
Release Date: 2019-05-19
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  • Country: FR
  • Language: Français | Deutsch
  • Runtime: 55
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Jean-Paul Le...
Self (archive footage)
Marcel Carné
Marcel Carné
Self (archive footage)
Max Douy
Max Douy
Self (archive footage)
Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
Sarah-Jane Sa...
Self (voice)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges...
Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darr...
Self (archive footage)
Charles Spaak
Charles Spaak
Self (archive footage)
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