
- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1942-10-27
- Director: Albert Lewin
- Writers: W. Somerset Maugham
- Language: English
- Stars: George Sanders , Herbert Marshall , Doris Dudley , Eric Blore
- Runtime: 89 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 2 nominations total
- AKA: Månen och silverslanten (Sweden) , Sklavoi tou erotos (Greece) , Der Besessene von Tahiti (Austria) , The Moon and Sixpence (United States of America) , La luna y seis peniques (Mexico) , Um Gosto e Seis Vinténs (Brazil) , Soberbia (Spain) , Malezya tılsımı (Turkey) , La luna e sei soldi (Italy) , Der Besessene von Tahiti , W. Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence (United States of America) , Księżyc i miedziak (Poland) , Drømmen (Denmark) , Mesmo Assim Elas Amavam-no (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Moon and Sixpence
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0035078


The Moon and Sixpence Cast

Albert Lewin
Director

George Sanders
Charles Strickland

Herbert Marshall
Geoffrey Wolfe

Doris Dudley
Blanche Stroeve

Eric Blore
Capt. Sandy Nichols