Sep 14, 1941
140 min
Full-HD

Blind Venus (1941)

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."

Category

Drama Romance

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Companies

Viviane Romance

Clarisse

Georges Flamant

Madère

Henri Guisol

Ulysse

Lucienne Le Marchand

Gisèle

Jean Aquistapace

Indigo

Mary-Lou

Mireille

Adrien Caillard

Philippe Grey

L'officier

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