Released:
1939-10-27

Overview:
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.

Director:
Abel Gance

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
War, Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Fernand Gravey
  as
  Pierre Leblan
• 
  Micheline Presle
  as
  Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblan
• 
  Robert Le Vigan
  as
  Edouard Bordenave
• 
  Elvira Popescu
  as
  Sonia Vorochine
• 
  André Alerme
  as
  le couturier Raoul Calou