# 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.

**Type:** Film  
**Year:** 2019  
**Runtime:** 55 minutes  
**TMDB rating:** 9.0/10  
**Genres:** Documentary, History, TV Movie  
**Region:** United Kingdom (GB)  
**Last verified:** 16 May 2026 (2026-05-16T20:43:25.624Z)  

## Synopsis

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.

## Streaming options in the United Kingdom

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