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The Lovers of Midnight (1931 film)

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.

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References

  1. ^ Rège p.285
  2. ^ Powrie & Rebillard p.16

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