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| Directed by | Abel Gance |
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| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Léonide Azar |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Tarice Film |
| Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Paradise Lost (French: Paradis perdu) is a 1940 French war drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco and Micheline Presle. [1] In pre-First World War Paris, an aspiring artist falls in love with a dressmaker. After she dies in childbirth he volunteers to take part in a dangerous mission during the war. Badly wounded, he nonetheless recovers, and returns home to bring up his only daughter.
