When Edmond makes up his mind to marry Céline, his family make
it clear to him that she will not be welcome in their midst.
Edmond is so besotted with Céline that he does not realise she
is an unscrupulous gold-digger who intends to bleed him dry. When
he falls ill, Edmond is treated by a crooked doctor, who happens to be
Céline's accomplice...
Cast: Gaston Jacquet,
Florence Gray,
René Lefèvre,
Suzanne Christy,
Jean Diéner,
Émile Matrat
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White / Silent
Runtime: 90 min
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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From Jean Renoir to François Truffaut, French cinema has no shortage of truly great filmmakers, each bringing a unique approach to the art of filmmaking.