Where to watch 1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019) in the UK
1940: Taking over French Cinema (2019) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 16 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.
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Sarah-Jane SauvegrainSelf (voice) -
Louis-Émile GaleySelf (archive footage)
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Claude HeymannSelf (archive footage)
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Jean DrévilleSelf (archive footage) -
Marcel CarnéSelf (archive footage) -
Raoul PloquinSelf (voice) (archive footage)
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Henri CalefSelf (archive footage)
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Jean-Paul Le ChanoisSelf (archive footage)
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