Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.

La Continental naît à Paris en 1940. Société de production créée par l'occupant, elle est dirigée par Alfred Greven. Pendant les années d'occupation, Greven s'assure les services des meilleurs artistes et techniciens pour produire des films à succès, divertissants. En parallèle, il profite de la spoliation des biens juifs pour racheter cinémas, studios et laboratoires. Son objectif : fonder un second Hollywood.