Overview:
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.| Status: | Released (1942-10-27) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 2 nominations total |
| Screen: | W. Somerset Maugham, Albert Lewin |
| Productions: | David L. Loew Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3361: George Sanders - Charles Strickland
- 2435: Herbert Marshall - Geoffrey Wolfe
- 290159: Doris Dudley - Blanche Stroeve
- 30184: Eric Blore - Capt. Nichols
- 29137: Albert Bassermann - Dr. Coutras
- 3367: Florence Bates - Tiare Johnson
- 30847: Steven Geray - Dirk Stroeve
Crews
- 30252: Albert Lewin - Director - Directing
- 1021591: David L. Loew - Producer - Production
- 27916: W. Somerset Maugham - Novel - Writing
- 4082: Dimitri Tiomkin - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8620: John F. Seitz - Director of Photography - Camera
- 118254: Frank Paul Sylos - Art Direction - Art
- 1021592: Ray Heinz - Production Manager - Production
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Reviews
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George Sanders is good, in what's quite an untypical type of role for him, in this otherwise rather plodding and wordy drama that has shades of the life of Paul Gauguin to it. He's a stockbroker ("Strickland") who tires of his life and his wife so decides to take up a career painting ....
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I am so torn with this movie. The drive to create, the artistic urge can be so overwhelming that some people eschew everything, all relationships and comforts, to pursue it. Humans are driven to make things, to create. Art and the way it tells a story is part of being human. Even if ....
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