''One Night's Song'' (French: ''La chanson d'une nuit'') is a 1933

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directed by Pierre Colombier and

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and starring Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider and

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. It was a co-production between Germany and France. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in

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alongside the German ''

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''. A separate English-language version ''

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'' was also produced.

Synopsis

Celebrated opera singer Enrico Ferraro is overwhelmed by his fame and tired of being directed by his manager. He heads to the

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for a break and there encounters Koretzky, a man who strongly resembles him. He engages Koretzky to act as his

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but complications soon arise.

Cast

* Jan Kiepura as Enrico Ferraro * Magda Schneider as Mathilde *

as Koretzky * Charlotte Lysès as Mme Pategg *

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as Le manager *

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as Balthazar * Lucien Baroux as Pategg *

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as L'employé des contributions *

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as L'inspecteur

Critical reception

A review in the film magazine '' Pour Vous'' considered it "tasteful cinema, light-heartedness and good humor without any vulgarity" while other reviewers praised Anatole Litvak's direction.Capua p.124

References

Bibliography

*Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1933 films French musical films German musical films 1933 musical films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Colombier Films directed by Anatole Litvak French black-and-white films 1930s French films 1930s German films Films of the Weimar Republic Cine-Allianz films 1933 multilingual films French multilingual films German multilingual films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films set on the French Riviera Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner Films scored by Mischa Spoliansky {{1930s-France-film-stub