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Vénus aveugle
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. (It is also sometimes cited as "La Vénus aveugle".)
In the upheaval following the German invasion of France, in summer 1940 Abel Gance went to the Free Zone in the south and arranged a contract to make a film at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The original title was to be "Messaline
Raoul Moretti
Raoul Moretti (1893–1954) was a French composer of film scores. Specialising in light music, he also wrote operettas.
Selected filmography.
- "King of the Hotel" (1932)
- "If You Wish It" (1932)
- "Suburban Melody" (1933)
- "Sing Anyway" (1940)
- "Vénus aveugle" (1941)
Bibliography.
- Lamb, Andrew. "150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre". Yale University Press