The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1919 novel of the same name, which was in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Two versions were filmed. In one, Devi Wani, a Javanese actress, played Ata; in the other, Ms. Verdugo played her, to accommodate audiences for whom marriage between a Polynesian and an Englishman was considered unacceptable.
The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
Directed by Albert Lewin
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Movie Info
Budget
$401,000
Tags
Academy Award, Adaptation, Best Music, Comedy Picture, Dimitri Tiomkin, Dramatic, Film Based On Literature, Moon, Painting, Tahiti, William Somerset Maugham
Attributes
Based On: based on novels, based on works by W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
Narrative Location: Paris
Subject: about fictional painters
Narrative Location: Paris
Subject: about fictional painters
Alternate Titles
Der Besessene von Tahiti
AT, DE
Drømmen
DK
Księżyc i miedziak
PL
La luna e sei soldi
IT
La luna y seis peniques
MX
Malezya tılsımı
TR
Månen och silverslanten
SE
Mesmo Assim Elas Amavam-no
PT
Sklavoi tou erotos
GR
Soberbia
ES
The Moon And Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence
FR, GB, US
Um Gosto e Seis Vinténs
BR
W. Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence
, US
Луна и шестипенсовик
RU