Jump to content

The Night Is Ours (1953 film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Night Is Ours
Directed byJean Stelli
Written by
Produced byHenri Ullmann
Starring
CinematographyNicolas Hayer
Edited byPaul Cayatte
Music byRené Sylviano
Production
company
Compagnie Nouvelle du Cinéma
Distributed byCora Films
Release date
  • 14 May 1953 (1953-05-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.311
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.236
  3. ^ 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.
[edit]