The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1942-10-27
Director: Albert Lewin
Writers: W. Somerset Maugham , Albert Lewin
Language: English
Stars: George Sanders , Herbert Marshall , Doris Dudley , Eric Blore , Albert Bassermann , Florence Bates , Steven Geray , Elena Verdugo , Fernando Alvarado , Gino Corrado
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 2 nominations total
AKA: 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 , The Moon and Sixpence (France, French Republic) , Månen och silverslanten (Sweden) , Sklavoi tou erotos (Greece) , Der Besessene von Tahiti (Austria) , The Moon and Sixpence (United Kingdom) , Луна и шестипенсовик , The Moon and Sixpence (United States of America) , La luna y seis peniques (Mexico) , Um Gosto e Seis Vinténs (Brazil) , Soberbia (Spain)
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