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directed by

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and starring

Gaby Morlay Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.

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and

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. The scenario is based on the 1901 work ''

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and

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while the costumes were by

Georges Annenkov Yury Pavlovich Annenkov (russian: Юрий Павлович Анненков also known as Georges Annenkov); in Petropavlovsk, Akmolinsk Oblast, Russian Empire – 12 July 1974 in Paris, France),Names by which he is credited for his work ...

Cast

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as Lisa Andreieva *

as Fedor Andreiev * George Rigaud as Serge Rostoff *

as Macha * Sinoël as the man at the jury court *

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as the ballerina * Paule Andral as Lisa's mother * Gabriel Signoret as the substitute Bobinine * Jeanne Lory as Misses Bobinine *

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as a gipsy *

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as the president * René Bergeron as an informer *

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as Balichev *

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as Balichev's client *

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as the photographer *

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as Le cocher *

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as La femme du cocher *

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as Une spectatrice à l'opéra *

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as Une invitée aux fiançailles *

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as Une invitée aux fiançailles *

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as Une invitée aux fiançailles *

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as L'officier * Charles Dorat as Un prisonnier *

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as Le commissaire * Titys as Un magistrat * Roger Legris as Le jeune soldat * Sylvain as Un soldat *

Robert Ozanne Robert Ozanne (February 13, 1898 – September 14, 1941) was a French film actor.Youngkin p.466 Selected filmography * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1934) * ''The ...

as Un soldat *

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as Le secrétaire du procureur *

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as Le pêcheur *

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as Un invité

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

*
''Nuits de feu'' (1937)
at the ''Films de France'' *
Fiche sur ''Nuits de feu''
sur le site DvdToile *

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