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Night in December

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Night in December
Directed byCurtis Bernhardt
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJean Isnard
Edited byMyriam Borsoutsky
Music byMarcel Delannoy
Production
company
Films Metzger et Woog
Distributed byCiné-Alliance
Release date
  • 9 February 1940 (1940-02-09)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Night in December (French: Nuit de décembre) is a 1940 French drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Pierre Blanchar, Renée Saint-Cyr and Gilbert Gil.[1] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and Jean d'Eaubonne. It was Bernhardt's last French film before he left the country for America. It was given a re-release by DisCina in 1949.

Synopsis

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In 1919 Pierre Darmont a virtuoso pianist meets Anne Morris, and falls in love. Then after one night, she inexplicably disappears. Twenty years later, now a celebrated name, he encounters a woman who seems to resemble his long-lost lover very closely.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.250

Bibliography

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  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
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