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and Romano Calò.Masia & Lancia It was filmed in Germany as the Italian-language version of the French film '' La Femme d'une nuit'', also directed by L'Herbier. In the early years of sound it was common to remake films in different languages. A German-language version was also released the same year directed by Fritz Wendhausen. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Paolo Reni. This was the first sound movie for Francesca Bertini.

Cast

* Francesca Bertini as La principessa Elena di Lystria *

as Jean Derville * Romano Calò as Il presidente del Consiglio * Giorgio Bianchi as Il tenente della guardia *

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as Nanette * Oreste Bilancia as Rosiek * Raimondo Van Riel as Lo sconosciuto * Angelo Ferrari as L'ufficiale di polizia * Boris de Fast as Il portiere del principato di Lystria

References

Bibliography

* Stefano Masi & Enrico Lancia. ''Les séductrices du cinéma italien''. Gremese Editore, 1 January 1997''.

External links

* 1931 films French comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s Italian-language films Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier Films scored by Michel Michelet French multilingual films French black-and-white films 1931 multilingual films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub