Four Flights to Love (1940) ( Le Paradis Perdu ) ( 4 Flights to Love )

Four Flights to Love (1940) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Paradis Perdu
Alternate Title: 4 Flights to Love
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1940 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Abel Gance

Written By:
Joseph Than
Steve Passeur

Actors:
Fernand Gravey ..... Le peintre Pierre Leblanc
Elvire Popesco ..... Sonia Vorochine
André Alerme ..... le couturier Raoul Calou
Monique Rolland ..... Laurence Aubujan
Robert Le Vigan ..... Édouard Bordenave
Robert Pizani ..... Le couturier Bernard Lesage
Jane Marken ..... Madame Bonneron - la concierge
Marcel Delaître ..... Le capitaine
Les Bluebell Girls ..... Les girls à l'inauguration de la Marie-Galante
Gérard Landry ..... Gérard Aubujan
Micheline Presle ..... Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblanc

Synopsis:

Originally released in 1939 as Paradis Perdu (Paradise Lost), Abel Gance's Four Flights to Love is typical of the great director's entertaining but insignificant later efforts. The storyline spans the years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second. Unable to reconcile himself to the death of his wife, Parisian fashion designer Pierre (Fernand Gravey) withdraws into himself, refusing to make contact with his daughter (Micheline Presle) Eventually he "opens up" enough for a reconciliation with the girl, and even begins a new romance with woman several years younger than himself. Fernand Gravey ages and ages convincingly in Four Flights to Love, delivering a well-rounded portrayal of an underdeveloped character.

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.

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