Gauguin the Savage

(1980)

125 minutes

Biography / Drama / Made-for-TV Movie
 
Directed by Fielder Cook 

Cast:
 
Bill Travers Jr. as Lieutenant Jenot
David Carradine as Paul Gauguin
Lynn Redgrave as Mette Gad
Barrie Houghton as Vincent Van Gogh
Dame Flora Robson as Sister Allandre
Michael Hordern as Durand Ruel
Ian Richardson as Degas
Emrys James as Maurice Schuffenecker
Carmen Mathews as Madame Jeanette
Bernard Fox as Captain Chablat
Alan Caillou as Inspector Aumont
Christopher Cary as Dr. Feydeau
 
The story about the temperamental French painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), a successful Parisian lawyer, who abandoned his wife and children to pursue a life of artistic freedom in Tahiti. One of David Carradine's best performances. Based on Sumerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpense."