7th Heaven (1927) ( Seventh Heaven )

7th Heaven (1927) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Seventh Heaven
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1927 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Frank Borzage

Written By:
Austin Strong
Benjamin Glazer

Actors:
Janet Gaynor ..... Diane
Charles Farrell ..... Chico
Ben Bard ..... Col. Brissac
Albert Gran ..... Boul
David Butler ..... Gobin
Marie Mosquini ..... Madame Gobin
Dolly Borzage ..... Nana
Mary Borzage ..... Father Chevillon
Lewis Borzage Sr. ..... Aunt Valentine
Sue Borzage ..... Uncle George
Gladys Brockwell ..... Sewer Rat
Emile Chautard ..... Arlette
Jessie Haslett
Brandon Hurst
George E. Stone
Lillian West

Synopsis:

In Paris, in the early years of the twentieth century, lives Chico, a sewer worker with lofty aspirations. One night, Chico saves a young prostitute named Diane from the murderous rage of her tyrannical sister. Despite her lifestyle, Diane is honest and innocent, and when the police arrive to arrest her, Chico spontaneously claims that she is his wife. Forced to maintain this facade or else both face prison sentences, Chico reluctantly allows Diane to live with him -- and in the process, love gradually blossoms between them. However, the dark spectre of World War I has begun to descend upon France, and Chico and Diane cannot help but fall under its shadow.

In 1927, Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress with her performance in this film, among the most celebrated romances of the late silent era. Chico (Charles Farrell) is a poor sewer worker who has only two dreams in life: to be promoted to sweeping streets and to find a woman who will be his wife. While he prays for guidance and blessings, he continues to work in the filth beneath the Parisian streets. However, one day he meets Diane (Gaynor), a beautiful woman who has been handed many hardships in life and is being chased by the police for a petty crime. Chico helps her hide from the cops, and soon the two have fallen in love. Despite their poverty, they give each other a reason to go on, and they happily marry. But their bliss is shattered when Chico is called to fight in World War I; Diane lives for the day he returns, and when she's told that Chico was killed in battle, her world collapses and she renounces her faith in God. However, while Chico was severely injured on the battlefield and is now blind, he did not die, and now he must find his way back to the woman he loves. In addition to Gaynor's Oscar, Seventh Heaven earned statuettes for director Frank Borzage and screenwriter Benjamin F. Glazer.

A street cleaner saves a young woman's life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 30 November, 2016.

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