Beauties of the Night (1952 film)

Beauties of the Nights
Beauties of the Nights
	Movie poster
Directed by	René Clair
Written by	René Clair; Adaptation:; Pierre Barillet; Jean-Pierre Gredy
Produced by	René Clair; Angelo Rizzoli
Starring	Gérard Philipe; Martine Carol; Gina Lollobrigida; Magali Vendeuil
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur; Denise Natot
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production; companies	Franco London Films; Rizzoli Film
Distributed by	Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont (France) ; Lopert Pictures Corporation (USA)
Release dates	14 November 1952 (France); April 1954 (USA);
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy
Language	French
Box office	3,499,199 admissions (France)

Beauties of the Night (French: Les Belles de nuit) is a 1952 French-Italian fantasy comedy film directed and written by René Clair who co-produced with Angelo Rizzoli. The film stars Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida and Magali Vendeuil.^[2] It was nominated the Venice Film Festival for Golden Lion (René Clair). It was shot at Boulogne Studios in Paris.

Plot

Impoverished piano teacher and composer Claude (Gérard Philipe) fantasizes about seducing beautiful rich women. One night a promising dream turns into a nightmare in which he's chased by the violent husbands and brothers of his lovers. He gets up and tries to stay awake for fear of feeling haunted again. Then he meets his neighbour Suzanne (Magali Vendeuil) who resembles a woman from his dream.

Cast

Gérard Philipe as Claude
Martine Carol as Edmee
Gina Lollobrigida as Leila / Cashier
Magali Vendeuil as Suzanne
Marilyn Buferd as Madame Bonacieux / Postal clerk
Raymond Bussières as Roger the mechanic
Raymond Cordy as Suzanne's father Gaston / Marquis
Bernard La Jarrige as Léon, le gendarme / Leon the gendarme
Albert Michel as Le facteur / Postman
Palau as The Old Gentleman
Jean Parédès as Paul the pharmacist
Paolo Stoppa as Opera director

References

^ "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ "Night Beauties". unifrance.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

External links

Beauties of the Night at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Beauties of the Night at AllMovie
Les Belles de nuit at Films de France

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[1] "Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films". Box Office Story. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[2] "Night Beauties". unifrance.org. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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