La Réponse du destin (1924) Directed by André Hugon
Drama
Film Synopsis
Léopold Quintana is a politician who is capable of anything to
achieve his ends. By means of bribery and other underhand
methods, he achieves his aim of becoming a minister and then, finally,
the President of the Council. But, having aroused so much hatred
around him, he perishes at the hands of one of his victims. He is
rejected by everyone, even his mistress, who decides to marry one of
his enemies.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
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