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''Médecins de nuit'' is a French medical drama television series which aired between 22 September 1978 and 27 June 1986. It was originally televised on Antenne 2 station, which on 7 September was renamed
France 2 France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 A ...
, and then rebroadcast later on M6, serieclub (a cable and satellite network in France) and Jimmy, a satellite digital television channel. Thirty eight 54 minute episodes were produced across 5 seasons. The creators were (alias Bernard Kouchner), and Gilles Bression. The theme song was composed by
Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist. He was born into a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, composer and ...
. Philippe Lefebvre directed the first season and as other seasons followed, by was succeeded by
Bruno Gantillon Bruno Gantillon (born 16 June 1944, in Annemasse), is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography ;Assistant director * 1970 : ''Cannabis'', directed by Pierre Koralnik ;Director * 1970 : '' Un couple d'artistes'' * 1971 : '' Morg ...
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Peter Kassovitz Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father ...
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Synopsis

This television series features a team of medical doctors who work at night during an emergency. Besides the medical angle, the series highlights the social issues of the
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
suburbs at the end of the 1970s.France in the 1970s: A Time of Decline, Doubt, and Anti-Americanism
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Cast

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Catherine Allégret Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.Becker, Frawley (2004) ''And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris'', Sca ...
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Étienne Chicot Étienne Chicot (5 May 1949 – 7 August 2018) was a French actor and composer.Brigitte Roüan : Hélène * : Patrick * :season 3 : La pharmacienne * Marcel Dalio :season 2 *
Richard Anconina Richard Anconina (; born 28 January 1953) is a French actor. He won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1983, and for Best Actor in 1989. Filmography *1977 : ''Comment se faire réformer'' directed by Philippe Clair *1978 : ''Les Réfo ...
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Hélène Vincent Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director. Career She received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' and a nominatio ...
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi Jean-Pierre Castaldi (born 1 October 1944) is a French actor. He is the father of French TV presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television program ...
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Anémone Anne Bourguignon (; 9 August 1950 – 30 April 2019), known professionally as Anémone (), was a French actress, filmmaker and political activist. She took her stage name in 1968 from the title of her film debut in Philippe Garrel's ''Anémone' ...
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Christophe Bourseiller Christophe Bourseiller (; born Christophe Gintzburger; born 27 September 1957 in Paris) is a French actor, writer, freemason and journalist. He began as a child actor and starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') ...
:season 2 * Martine Sarcey :season 2 * Evelyne Bouix :season 2 *
Jean-François Stévenin Jean-François Stévenin (; 23 April 194427 July 2021) was a French actor and filmmaker. He appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film ''Cold Moon (1991 film), Cold Moon'', which was entered into the 1991 Canne ...
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Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in '' Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. H ...
:season 2 * Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu :season 2 *
Madeleine Barbulée Madeleine Barbulée (2 September 1910 – 1 January 2001) was a French film, stage and television actress.''French Cinema in the 1970s: The Echoes of May'' p.265 Selected filmography * ''Métier de fous'' (1948) * '' Les Casse Pieds'' (1948) - ...
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Éva Darlan Éva Darlan (''née'' Osty, born 3 September 1948) is a French actress, director, producer and writer. Career At the age of 14, she attended acting classes at the Cours Simon and starts at 16 years as an amateur. She took theater studies at th ...
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Georges Chamarat Georges Chamarat (30 March 1901 Р21 November 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1929 and 1981. He starred in the film '' The Adventures of Ars̬ne Lupin'', which was entered into the ...
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Richard Bohringer Richard Bohringer (born 16 January 1942) is a French actor. Personal life Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier, to a French mother and a German father. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has three other children, Mathieu, Richa ...
:season 3 * Charles Gérard :season 3 *
Jean-Pierre Kalfon Jean-Pierre Kalfon (born 30 October 1938) is a French actor and singer. Selected filmography External links * 1938 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors Male actors from Paris French male stage a ...
:season 3 * Roland Blanche :season 4 *
Michel Beaune Michel Beaune (1933–1990) was a French actor. Filmography *1960: '' Trapped by Fear'' - Un ami de Paul (uncredited) *1961: ''Les godelureaux'' *1964: '' Backfire'' - Daniel *1970: '' The Confession'' - L'avocat *1970: '' The Time to Die'' ...
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Maurice Risch Maurice Risch (born 25 January 1943, in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in ...
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Dominique Zardi Dominique Zardi (born Emile Jean Cohen-Zardi; 2 March 1930 – 13 December 2009) was a French actor from Paris. He acted in more than 200 feature films, including '' Fantômas'' with Louis De Funès and Jean Marais. He died of cancer at the age of ...
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Paul Le Person Paul Le Person (10 February 1931 in Argenteuil Argenteuil () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department, the seat of the a ...
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Linda de Suza Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lança, better known as Linda de Suza, (22 February 1948 – 28 December 2022) was a Portugal, Portuguese Lusophone and Francophone singer, actress and best-selling author. She was described by Portuguese President of ...
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Gisèle Pascal Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes, France. Her first movie role was in 1942's '' L'Arlà ...
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Guest

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Albert Delpy Albert Delpy (born 13 September 1941) is a Vietnamese-born French actor and writer. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1970. Personal life He is the father of Julie Delpy and has appeared as her on-screen father in '' 2 Days in ...
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Dorothée Jemma Dorothée Jemma (born 16 June 1956) is a French actress specializing in dubbing. She is the dub voice of Jennifer Aniston, Melanie Griffith and Sheryl Lee. Biography Her father, Jean-Louis Jemma, is best known for the dub voice of Zorro Z ...
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Édith Scob Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in '' Eyes Without a Face'' (1960). Early life and family Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimirov ...
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Françoise Bertin Françoise Bertin (23 September 1925 – 26 October 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in over 125 films since 1961. Among these were five films directed by Alain Resnais: ''Last Year at Marienbad'', '' Muriel'', '' The War Is Over'', '' ...
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Hélène Vincent Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director. Career She received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' and a nominatio ...
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Katia Tchenko Katia Tchenko (born 8 May 1947) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1967. In 1999 she was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival The 21st Moscow International ...
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Liliane Rovère Liliane Rovère (born 30 January 1933) is a French actress. Personal life In 1955, she went to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country pr ...
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Magali Clément Magali Clément was a French director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Di ...


Episodes


Season 1

# ''Michel''. Director: Philippe Lefebvre # ''Anne''. Director: Philippe Lefebvre # ''Alpha''. Director: # ''Jean-François''. Director: Philippe Lefebvre # ''Hélène''. Director:
Peter Kassovitz Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father ...
# ''Christophe''. Director: Philippe Lefebvre


Season 2

# ''Self-Defence''. Director:
Bruno Gantillon Bruno Gantillon (born 16 June 1944, in Annemasse), is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography ;Assistant director * 1970 : ''Cannabis'', directed by Pierre Koralnik ;Director * 1970 : '' Un couple d'artistes'' * 1971 : '' Morg ...
# ''Royal Palace''. Director: # ''Henri Gillot, 62, retired''. Director: # ''The Red Book''. Director: # ''Léone''. Director:
Bruno Gantillon Bruno Gantillon (born 16 June 1944, in Annemasse), is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography ;Assistant director * 1970 : ''Cannabis'', directed by Pierre Koralnik ;Director * 1970 : '' Un couple d'artistes'' * 1971 : '' Morg ...
# ''Disco''. Director: # ''The Margiis''. Director:


Season 3

# ''Castel Factory''. Director:
Peter Kassovitz Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father ...
# ''The Convertible''. Director: # ''A Cooked Dish''. Director:
Peter Kassovitz Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father ...
# ''Financial Support for Michel''. Director: # ''Amalgine''. Director: # ''The Warehouse''. Director:


Season 4

# ''A Spanish night''. Director: # ''The Rock Group''. Director: # ''Jo Formose''. Director: # ''Unpleasant Tricks''. Director: # ''The Lie''. Director: # ''Quingaoshu''. Director: # ''The Last Night''. Director:


Season 5

# ''Chinese Night''. Director: # ''Panic''. Director:
Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series '' Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was ...
# ''Password''. Director: # ''Marie-Charlotte''. Director: # ''Happy birthday''. Director: # ''Time Out''. Director: # ''Hep Taxi!''. Director: # ''Disc-Jockey''. Director:
Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series '' Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was ...
# ''Six brave Little Indians'', Director:
Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series '' Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was ...
# ''Anguish''. Director:
Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series '' Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was ...
# ''Wanted''. Director:
Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series '' Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was ...
# ''The End As Always''. Director:
Franz Josef Gottlieb Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. He also directed the children's series '' Ravioli'' in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was ...


References


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* * A list of films set in Paris in the 1970s 1970s French television series 1980s French television series 1978 French television series debuts 1986 French television series endings French medical television series French drama television series {{France-tv-prog-stub