Blind Venus

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."

Main Cast

Viviane Romance

Clarisse

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Georges Flamant

Madère

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Henri Guisol

Ulysse

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Lucienne Le Marchand

Gisèle

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Jean Aquistapace

Indigo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mary-Lou

Mireille

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Adrien Caillard

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Philippe Grey

L'officier

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Steve Passeur Abel Gance
Production	Producer	Jean-Jack Meccati
Art	Set Decoration	Henri Mahé Paul Bertrand
Directing	Director	Abel Gance
Editing	Editor	Andrée Danis
Camera	Director of Photography	Léonce-Henri Burel Henri Alekan
Sound	Original Music Composer	Raoul Moretti
Department	Role	Name

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