Dark Sunday (French: Sombre dimanche) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien.[1] The film takes its name from the French title of the song "Gloomy Sunday".
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| Directed by | Jacqueline Audry |
| Written by | André Haguet Pierre Laroche André Legrand |
| Produced by | Claude Dolbert |
| Starring | Michèle Alfa Paul Bernard Marcelle Derrien |
| Cinematography | Gérard Perrin |
| Edited by | Pierre Delannoy |
| Music by | Marcel Landowski |
Production company | Codo Cinema |
| Distributed by | Selb Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.
Synopsis edit
In pre-war France, a Hungarian immigrant musician is left so saddened when he is rejected by the woman he loves that he writes an incredibly gloomy piece of music. A music publisher is impressed with it and decides to promote using a marketing gimmick. He will get a woman to pretend to attempt suicide because she is so moved by the song.
Cast edit
- Michèle Alfa as Michèle
- Paul Bernard as Bob
- Jacques Dacqmine as Jan Laszlo
- Marcel Dalio as Max - l'éditeur
- Marcelle Derrien as Maria
- Colette Mars as Colette - une chanteurse
- Charles Lemontier as Le commissaire de police
- Edmond Ardisson as Le portier
- Alfred Baillou as Toni
- Jean Debray as Un journaliste
- Jean-Jacques Dreux as Roger
- Annette Lajon as Une chanteuse
- Palmyre Levasseur as La logeuse
- Julien Maffre as Un policier
- Renaud Mary as César
- Gilbert Moreau as Un photographe
- Georges Paulais as Le directeur
- Michel Seldow as Le brocanteur
- Sylvain as Un chanteur
- Roger Vincent as Un monsieur
- André Pasdoc as Un chanteur
References edit
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.451
Bibliography edit
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
External links edit
- Dark Sunday at IMDb
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