George Sanders and Elena Verdugo in The Moon and Sixpence (1942)

The Moon and Sixpence

1942Approved1h 29m
DramaRomance
6.6 / 10(942)

Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always wanted to do. He is from then on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

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Runtime
1h 29m
Released
1942

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Release year: 1942

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Loosely inspired by Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to start painting, as he has always wanted to do. He is from then on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

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