Blind Venus 1941

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."

Cast

Viviane Romance

Georges Flamant

Henri Guisol

Lucienne Le Marchand

Jean Aquistapace

Mary-Lou

Adrien Caillard

Philippe Grey

Gérard Landry

Géo Lecomte

Marion Malville

Jean-François Martial

Jean-Jack Meccati

Marcel Millet

Micheline Promeyrat

Roland Pégurier

Marc Raymondun

Renée Reney

Rocca

Georges Térof