The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

Strange DREAMS - He had ideas he never told her about...He didn't dare!

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.

Date of release
1942-10-27
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama
Director
Albert Lewin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Moon and Sixpence
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1919 novel of the same name, which was in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Two versions were filmed. In one, Devi Wani, a Javanese actress, played Ata; in the other, Ms. Verdugo played her, to accommodate audiences for whom marriage between a Polynesian and an Englishman was considered unacceptable.

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