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.
Directed byAlbert Lewin
Written byW. Somerset Maugham (novel), Albert Lewin
CountryUSA
Runtime89 min
On screen
George Sanders
Herbert Marshall
Doris Dudley
Eric Blore