Beauties of the Night

Les Belles de nuit Beauties of the Nights
Movie poster
Directed by	René Clair
Produced by	René Clair Angelo Rizzoli
Written by	René Clair Adaptation: Pierre Barillet Jean-Pierre Grédy
Starring	Gérard Philipe Martine Carol Gina Lollobrigida Magali Vendeuil
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur Denise Natot
Production company	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 min
Country	France / Italy
Language	French

Les Belles de nuit (US title: Beauties of the Night) is a 1952 French language motion picture fantasy directed and written by René Clair who co-produced with Angelo Rizzoli. The film stars Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida and Magali Vendeuil.^[1] It was nominated the Venice Film Festival for Golden Lion (René Clair).

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

↑ "Night Beauties". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-21.

External links

Beauties of the Night at the Internet Movie Database
Beauties of the Night at AllMovie
Les Belles de nuit at Films de France

Films directed by René Clair

Feature films	The Italian Straw Hat (1928) Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) Le Million (1931) À Nous la Liberté (1931) The Ghost Goes West (1935) The Last Billionaire (1935) Break the News (1938) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) I Married a Witch (1942) It Happened Tomorrow (1944) And Then There Were None (1945) Man About Town (1947) Beauty and the Devil (1950) Beauties of the Night (1952) The Grand Maneuver (1955) Gates of Paris (1957)

Short films	Entr'acte (1924) The Crazy Ray (1924) Forever and a Day (1943, segment "1897") Three Fables of Love (1962, segment "Les Deux Pigeons")

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