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Paradis perdu

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Calorie Rating: 128
Released: 1939-10-27
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Studios: Tarice Film,


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 / Directors

Abel Gance
Director


Cast

Fernand Gravey
Character: Pierre Leblan
Micheline Presle
Character: Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
Robert Le Vigan
Character: Edouard Bordenave

Elvira Popescu
Character: Sonia Vorochine
André Alerme
Character: le couturier Raoul Calou
Monique Rolland
Character: Laurence Aubujan

Robert Pizani
Character: Le couturier Bernard Lesage
Jane Marken
Character: Madame Bonneron - la concierge
Marcel Delaître
Character: Le capitaine

Gérard Landry
Character: Gérard Aubujan
Nicolas Amato
Character: Le chanteur du 14 juillet (uncredited)
Gaby André
Character: Irène (uncredited)

Edmond Beauchamp
Character: Le facétieux (uncredited)
René Bergeron
Character: Bar cashier (uncredited)
Jean Brochard
Character: Un soldat (uncredited)

Myno Burney
Character: (uncredited)
Ann Byron
Character: (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
Character: Le vaguemestre (uncredited)

Nila Cara
Character: La chanteuse à la Marie-Galante (uncredited)
Noël Darzal
Character: (uncredited)
Raymonde Devarennes
Character: (uncredited)

Anne Doat
Character: Janine Mercier bébé (uncredited)
Dora Doll
Character: (uncredited)
Liliane Lesaffre
Character: Une ouvrière (uncredited)

Jean Marconi
Character: Monsieur Daniel (uncredited)
Roger Monteaux
Character: Le médecin (uncredited)
Carine Nelson
Character: Angèle (uncredited)

Laure Paillette
Character: La directrice du pensionnat (uncredited)
Pierre Palau
Character: (uncredited)
Jeanne Prévost
Character: (uncredited)

Roland Pégurier
Character: (uncredited)
Marcel Pérès
Character: Un consommateur (uncredited)
Pierre Sergeol
Character: (uncredited)

Sylvain
Character: Un soldat (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Joseph Than
Scenario Writer
Joseph Than
Original Story

Abel Gance
Scenario Writer