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Dark Sunday (1949) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 23, 1949

Original Title:
Sombre dimanche

Production Companies:
Codo Cinéma

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 84

Overview from TheMovieDB

Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its listeners to suicide. Max, a music publisher, likes the song and decides to launch it by all means, foul or fair. Bob, his accomplice, manages to talk his mistress Michèle into committing a fake suicide. She obeys him and the scheme is a success as a result. On this occasion, Jan gets to know Michèle and the two young people fall in love. Happiness seems to be in store for Jan again but this is without counting with Bob. Jealous of Jan, the naughty fellow indeed tells him that Michèle's attempted suicide was nothing but an advertising pretense.

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Production

Costume Design:
Schiaparelli

Director:
Jacqueline Audry

Director of Photography:
Gérard Perrin

Editor:
Pierre Delannoy

Original Music Composer:
Marcel Landowski

Producer:
Claude Dolbert

Production Design:
Raymond Druart

Production Manager:
Claude Dolbert

Sound:
Séverin Frankiel

Writer:
André Legrand
André Haguet

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