Four Flights to Love (1939)
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
Director:
Abel Gance
Writers:
Joseph Than, Abel Gance.
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Fernand Gravey as Pierre Leblan |
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Micheline Presle as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan |
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Robert Le Vigan as Edouard Bordenave |
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Elvira Popescu as Sonia Vorochine |
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André Alerme as le couturier Raoul Calou |
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Monique Rolland as Laurence Aubujan |
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Robert Pizani as Le couturier Bernard Lesage |
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Jane Marken as Madame Bonneron - la concierge |
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Marcel Delaître as Le capitaine |
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Gérard Landry as Gérard Aubujan |
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Nicolas Amato as Le chanteur du 14 juillet (uncredited) |
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Gaby André as Irène (uncredited) |
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Edmond Beauchamp as Le facétieux (uncredited) |
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René Bergeron as Bar cashier (uncredited) |
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Jean Brochard as Un soldat (uncredited) |
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Myno Burney as (uncredited) |
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Ann Byron as (uncredited) |
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Rivers Cadet as Le vaguemestre (uncredited) |
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Nila Cara as La chanteuse à la Marie-Galante (uncredited) |
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Noël Darzal as (uncredited) |
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Raymonde Devarennes as (uncredited) |
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Anne Doat as Janine Mercier bébé (uncredited) |
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Dora Doll as (uncredited) |
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Liliane Lesaffre as Une ouvrière (uncredited) |
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Jean Marconi as Monsieur Daniel (uncredited) |
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Roger Monteaux as Le médecin (uncredited) |
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Carine Nelson as Angèle (uncredited) |
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Laure Paillette as La directrice du pensionnat (uncredited) |
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Pierre Palau as (uncredited) |
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Jeanne Prévost as (uncredited) |
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Roland Pégurier as (uncredited) |
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Marcel Pérès as Un consommateur (uncredited) |
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Pierre Sergeol as (uncredited) |
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Jean Sylvain as Un soldat (uncredited) |
| Directing | Abel Gance | Director |
| Writing | Joseph Than | Original Story |
| Writing | Steve Passeur | Dialogue |
| Camera | Christian Matras | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Joseph Than | Screenplay |
| Writing | Abel Gance | Screenplay |
