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Alone in the Night (1945) [N/A]

Featuring:
Bernard Blier, Sophie Desmarets, Jacques Pills

Written by:
Yves Boisyvon
Jacqueline Boisyvon
Christian Stengel

Directed by:
Christian Stengel


Release Date:
November 21, 1945

Original Title:
Seul dans la nuit

Genres:
Crime

Production Companies:
Général Films
Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 95

Overview from TheMovieDB

A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase through a nocturnal Paris, ending in a disused theater where the assassin has lured his final victim.

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Overview from Open Movies

Does this film really need to be restored ?I have my doubts.This is a thriller but it fails to generate any thrills.Only one scene stands out: a disfigured thespian plays on a stage in a theater (a Musset drama) where nobody 's watching him.All that remains is generally unexciting:a singer (Jacques Pills who was a singer in real life but is best remembered as one of Edith Piaf's husbands)enjoys a big hit -so to speak,cause there were no charts at the time - with a song called "seul dans la nuit" (alone in the night).Alas there's a serial killer in the town ,and every time a woman is killed ,this ditty is heard ;and there's worse:all these unfortunate victims sent a letter to the artist.Could he be a killer? But around him,there are enough suspects to make cop Bernard Blier's task hard.Does this film really need to be restored when so many Duvivier early movies are still waiting?

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Rankings and Honors

Alone in the Night (1945) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.0/10

Performers

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Production

Dialogue:
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon

Director:
Christian Stengel

Director of Photography:
Christian Matras

Editor:
Claude Ibéria

Makeup Artist:
Carmen Brel

Producer:
Raymond Borderie
Adrien Remaugé

Scenario Writer:
Yves Boisyvon
Jacqueline Boisyvon

Screenplay:
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Christian Stengel

Set Decoration:
Robert Gys

Sound:
Robert Teisseire

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