Lust for Life
Lust for Life is a 1956 American biographical film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, based on the 1934 novel of the same title by Irving Stone which was adapted for the screen by Norman Corwin.
Plot
Vincent has trained to be a minister, like his father, but the church authorities find him unsuitable. He pleads with them to be allowed some position and they place him in a very poor mining community. Here he becomes deeply absorbed in the miners' plight and begins sketching their daily life.
Awards
Cast
- Anthony Quinn
- Belle Mitchell
- Betty Blythe
- Eric Pohlmann
- Everett Sloane
- Germaine Delbat
- Henry Daniell
- Isobel Elsom
- James Donald
- Jean Debucourt
- Jeanette Sterke
- Jill Bennett
- Kirk Douglas
- Laurence Badie
- Laurence Naismith
- Len Lesser
- Lionel Jeffries
- Madge Kennedy
- Marion Ross
- Niall MacGinnis
- Noel Purcell
- Pamela Brown
- Rex Evans
- Ronald Adam
- Toni Gerry
- William Edward Phipps
- Wilton Graff
More details
| author | Irving Stone Norman Corwin |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Netherlands |
| director | George Cukor Vincente Minnelli |
| editor | Adrienne Fazan |
| events | Vincent van Gogh |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | anton mauve church crow daily life draw family home impressionism impressionist mental institution mine paint paul gauguin rural area sketch social activism theo van gogh |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | John Houseman |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | biographical biographical drama |