Nights of Fire
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| Directed by | Marcel L'Herbier |
| Written by | Marcel L'Herbier T.H. Robert Jean Sarment |
| Based on | The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy |
| Produced by | Gregor Rabinovitch |
| Starring | Gaby Morlay Victor Francen Madeleine Robinson |
| Cinematography | Louis Née Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Victor De Fast |
| Music by | Jean Wiener |
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| Distributed by | Ciné-Alliance |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Nights of Fire (French: Nuits de feu) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen and Madeleine Robinson.[1][2] The scenario is based on the 1901 work The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guy de Gastyne and Eugène Lourié while the costumes were by Georges Annenkov.
Cast
[edit]- Gaby Morlay as Lisa Andreieva
- Victor Francen as Fedor Andreiev
- George Rigaud as Serge Rostoff
- Madeleine Robinson as Macha
- Sinoël as the man at the jury court
- Mia Slavenska as the ballerina
- Paule Andral as Lisa's mother
- Gabriel Signoret as the substitute Bobinine
- Jeanne Lory as Misses Bobinine
- Odette Talazac as a gipsy
- André Nox as the president
- René Bergeron as an informer
- Jean Toulout as Balichev
- René Génin as Balichev's client
- Paulette Burguetas the photographer
- Albert Malbert as Le cocher
- Yvonne Yma as La femme du cocher
- Marguerite de Morlaye as Une spectatrice à l'opéra
- Luce Fabiole as Une invitée aux fiançailles
- Blanche Denège as Une invitée aux fiançailles
- Jeanne de Carol as Une invitée aux fiançailles
- Ernest Ferny as L'officier
- Charles Dorat as Un prisonnier
- Roger Monteaux as Le commissaire
- Titys as Un magistrat
- Roger Legris as Le jeune soldat
- Sylvain as Un soldat
- Robert Ozanne as Un soldat
- Robert Ralphy as Le secrétaire du procureur
- Jacques Beauvais as Le pêcheur
- Pierre Juvenet as Un invité
References
[edit]- ^ Nights of Fire at IMDb
- ^ Nuits de feu (1937) at the Films de France
- ^ Goble p.463
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
[edit]- Nights of Fire at IMDb
- Nuits de feu (1937) at the Films de France
- (in French) Fiche sur Nuits de feu sur le site DvdToile
- (in French) Fiche sur Nuits de Feu sur le site ToutleCine
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