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.
Cast
Crew
Albert Lewin
Director, Writer, Adaptation
W. Somerset Maugham
Novel
George Hively
Supervising Film Editor
Richard L. Van Enger
Editor
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
David L. Loew
Producer
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Gordon Wiles
Production Design
Ern Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ferrol Redd
Sound Recordist
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Ray Heinz
Production Manager
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
Nina Saemundsson
Sculptor
Dolya Goutman
Other
Albert Deano
Other
Barbara Gray
Other
Devi Dja
Other
