Beauties of the Night

Les Belles de nuit Beauties of the Nights
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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

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