Movie Details
Theatrical Release:April 11th, 1942
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Tarice Film
Paradis perdu (1942)
Audience Score
In preWorld Ward I in Paris a budding artist Pierre LeBlanc falls in love and marries Janine a dressmakers 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 daughters happiness Pierre sacrifices his own plans
DirectorAbel Gance
