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.
Director: Pierre-Henri Gibert
http://talwegproduction.com/en/films/1940-taking-over-french-cinema/
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Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain as Self (voice) |
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Louis-Émile Galey as Self (archive footage) |
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Claude Heymann as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean Dréville as Self (archive footage) |
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Marcel Carné as Self (archive footage) |
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Raoul Ploquin as Self (voice) (archive footage) |
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Henri Calef as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean-Paul Le Chanois as Self (archive footage) |
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Michel Duran as Self (archive footage) |
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Henri-Georges Clouzot as Self (archive footage) |
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Hans Borgelt as Self (archive footage) |
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Danielle Darrieux as Self (archive footage) |
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Max Douy as Self (archive footage) |
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Louis Cochet as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles Spaak as Self (archive footage) |
| Writing | Christine Leteux | Book |
| Writing | Pierre-Henri Gibert | Writer |
| Production | Vincent Gazaigne | Producer |
| Sound | Arnaud Guillemant | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Julie Meigniez | Production Manager |
| Editing | Florence Bénichou | Editor |
| Editing | Pierre-Henri Gibert | Editor |
| Editing | Yoann Crez | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Yoann Crez | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Romain Egea | Art Designer |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Frémont | Color Grading |
| Sound | Baptiste Guichot | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Baptiste Guichot | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Pierre-Henri Gibert | Director |
