Alone in the Night (film)

Alone in the Night (French: Seul dans la nuit) is a 1945 French crime film directed by Christian Stengel, and starring Bernard Blier, Sophie Desmarets and Jacques Pills.

Alone in the Night
Directed byChristian Stengel
Written byYves Boisyvon
Jacqueline Boisyvon
Christian Stengel
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Produced byRaymond Borderie
Adrien Remaugé
StarringBernard Blier
Sophie Desmarets
Jacques Pills
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byClaude Ibéria
Music byFrancis Lopez
Louiguy
Jean Solar
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
21 November 1945
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

A series of murders are being perpetrated in Paris. Strangely, during each of the crimes, a signature song of a famous popular singer is heard, at first by an eccentric old man. The police inspector on his first case follows several leads around the entourage of the singer, and the daughter of a police commissioner through a radio show draws the chase through a nocturnal Paris, to a disused theatre where the assassin has lured his final victim.

Cast

Background

The person originally chosen for the role of Jacques Sartory was André Claveau, but as he was still under a cloud due to his activities during the Occupation, the producers moved on to Jacques Jansen, known for opera and operetta, before finally casting Jacques Pills.[1]

The film recorded admissions in France of 2,844,119.[2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Bibliography
  • Raymond Chirat : Catalogue des films français de long métrage. Films de fiction 1940-1950 (Editions Imprimerie Saint-Paul, S.A., Luxembourg 1981), N°684.

References
  1. La Bonhomie façon Blier: Entretiens autour du film avec Jean-Philippe Guerand, Didier Griselain and Thibault Le Hégarat (documentary). Included with Pathé DVD/bluray issue P712753, 2022.
  2. French box office results for 1945 at Box Office Story


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