Release Date
14 Sep, 1941
Runtime
02:20: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Vénus aveugle (Blind Venus) is a 1941 French film melodrama, directed by Abel Gance, and one of the first films to be undertaken in France during the German occupation. Although the film is not set in any specified period, Gance wanted it to be seen as relevant to the contemporary situation in France. He wrote, "...La Vénus aveugle is at the crossroads of reality and legend... The heroine ... gradually sinks deeper and deeper into despair. Only when she has reached the bottom of the abyss does she encounter the smile of Providence that life reserves for those who have faith in it, and she can then go serenely back up the slope towards happiness. If I have been able to show in this film that elevated feelings are the only force that can triumph over Fate, then my efforts will not have been in vain."
Original Title
Vénus aveugle
Photos
Actors
Viviane Romance
Georges Flamant
Henri Guisol
Lucienne Le Marchand
Jean Aquistapace
Gérard Landry
Jean-François Martial
Crew
Abel Gance
Henri Alekan
Tahar Hannache
