Satan's Paradise

Satan's Paradise

85 mins | Sept. 3, 1938

Driven by necessity, Jean Larcher, a young agricultural engineer, accepts the degrading mission of leading to ruin, under cover of administering it, a huge cocoa plantation on the island of São Tomé. His employers, a financial coalition, indeed plan to dispossess its owner, an inexperienced young woman who has just inherited it, of her property. But when Jean comes into contact with her, he recognizes Francesca, a girl he had fond feelings for when he was a student.

Satan's Paradise

85 mins | Sept. 3, 1938

Satan's Paradise
Driven by necessity, Jean Larcher, a young agricultural engineer, accepts the degrading mission of leading to ruin, under cover of administering it, a huge cocoa plantation on the island of São Tomé. His employers, a financial coalition, indeed plan to dispossess its owner, an inexperienced young woman who has just inherited it, of her property. But when Jean comes into contact with her, he recognizes Francesca, a girl he had fond feelings for when he was a student.
Producers
Original title Le paradis de Satan
Directors Félix Gandéra
Writers

Cast

Jean-Pierre Aumont

as Jean Larcher

Jany Holt

as Francesca

Pierre Renoir

as Aristophélès

Marcelle Géniat

as La marquise d'Amaral

Lucas Gridoux

as Docteur Alcacer

Jenny Burnay

as May Malestroy

André Carnège

as Vasco

Jean-Max

as Malestroy - le banquier

Jacques Henley

as Sir Nicholas

René Génin

as Le prêtre