The Lovers of Midnight (1931 film)
1931 film
- 16 January 1931 (1931-01-16)
Running time
Germany
The Lovers of Midnight (French: Les amours de minuit) is a 1931 French-German crime drama film directed by Augusto Genina and Marc Allégret and starring Danièle Parola, Pierre Batcheff and Josseline Gaël.[1] It is a Multiple-language version with a separate German-language version Mitternachtsliebe also produced. It was the first sound film to be made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.[2] It was remade as the 1943 film Voyage Without Hope during the Occupation period.
Synopsis
Marcel, a young bank clerk who has stolen money on a sudden whim is heading south to catch a ship to Latin America. On the train he encounters ruthless criminal Gaston who persuades his mistress Georgette, a singer in a nightclub to seduce and rob the clerk. However, she begins to develop sympathy for him.
Cast
- Danièle Parola as Georgette Lajoie
- Pierre Batcheff as Marcel Valmont
- Louis Zellas as Le Capitaine / The Captain
- Josseline Gaël as Fanny
- Jacques Varennes as Gaston Bouchard
- Pierre Labry as Le policier
References
Bibliography
- Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Lovers of Midnight at IMDb
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Films directed by Marc Allégret
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- J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931) (short)
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- Two Timid Souls (1943)
- Twilight (1944)
- Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
- Lunegarde (1945)
- Pétrus (1946)
- Blanche Fury (1948)
- The Naked Heart (1950)
- Blackmailed (1951)
- La demoiselle et son revenant (1952)
- Julietta (1953)
- Loves of Three Queens (1953)
- School for Love (1955)
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- Plucking the Daisy (1956)
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- Demons at Midnight (1961)
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