The Night Is Ours (1953 film)
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| Directed by | Jean Stelli |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Henri Ullmann |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Hayer |
| Edited by | Paul Cayatte |
| Music by | René Sylviano |
Production company | Compagnie Nouvelle du Cinéma |
| Distributed by | Cora Films |
Release date | 14 May 1953 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Night Is Ours (French: La nuit est à nous) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Simone Renant, Jean Danet and Jean Murat.[1] [2] [3] It was a remake of the 1929 German film The Night Belongs to Us. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis[edit]
Alain Brécourt, a former pilot during the Second World War, meets Françoise a young test pilot. The two fall in love but she is disturbed to discover that he already married to a singer. Despite his assurances that they have separated and there is nothing between them a distraught Françoise attempts to commit suicide during a flight.
Cast[edit]
- Simone Renant as Françoise Clozat
- Jean Danet as Alain Brécourt
- Jean Murat as Le colonel Gribaldi
- Virginia Keiley as Diana
- Jean Debucourt as Besagne
- Germaine de France as Marthe
- Christian Lude as L'imprésario de Diana
- Huguette Vergne as La secrétaire
- Paul Pavel
- Paul Barge as Le mécanicien
- Jacques Denoël as Un pilote
- Jacques Butin
- Roger Bontemps as Le radio
- Jean Berton as Le docteur
- Jacques Ferreol
- René Hell as L'autre mécanicien
- Jean-Louis Le Goff as Toto
See also[edit]
- The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
- The Night Is Ours (1930)
References[edit]
- ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.311
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.236
- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/6643/la-nuit-est-a-nous
Bibliography[edit]
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
- Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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