One Night's Song
| One Night's Song | |
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| Directed by | Pierre Colombier Anatole Litvak |
| Written by | Henri-Georges Clouzot Albrecht Joseph Irma von Cube |
| Produced by | Arnold Pressburger Gregor Rabinovitch William A. Szekeley |
| Starring | Jan Kiepura Magda Schneider Pierre Brasseur |
| Cinematography | Robert Baberske Willy Goldberger Fritz Arno Wagner |
| Edited by | Francis Salabert |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner Mischa Spoliansky |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Les Films Osso |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Countries | France Germany |
| Language | French |
One Night's Song (French: La chanson d'une nuit) is a 1933 musical film directed by Pierre Colombier and Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider and Pierre Brasseur.[1] [2] It was a co-production between Germany and France. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin alongside the German The Song of Night. A separate English-language version Tell Me Tonight was also produced.
Synopsis
[edit]Celebrated opera singer Enrico Ferraro is overwhelmed by his fame and tired of being directed by his manager. He heads to the French Riviera for a break and there encounters Koretzky, a man who strongly resembles him. He engages Koretzky to act as his double but complications soon arise.
Cast
[edit]- Jan Kiepura as Enrico Ferraro
- Magda Schneider as Mathilde
- Pierre Brasseur as Koretzky
- Charlotte Lysès as Mme Pategg
- Clara Tambour as Le manager
- Charles Lamy as Balthazar
- Lucien Baroux as Pategg
- René Bergeron as L'employé des contributions
- Pierre Labry as L'inspecteur
Critical reception
[edit]A review in the film magazine Pour Vous considered it "tasteful cinema, light-heartedness and good humor without any vulgarity" while other reviewers praised Anatole Litvak's direction.[3]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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