''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (French: ''La nuit est mon royaume'') is a 1951 French
drama film
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directed by
Georges Lacombe and starring
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...
,
Simone Valère
Simone Valère (2 August 1923 – 11 November 2010) was a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1941 to 1993.
Filmography
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1923 births
2010 deaths
Actresses from Pa ...
and
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer.
Life and career
Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish orig ...
.
[Aitken p.754] Gabin was awarded the
Volpi Cup
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for Best Actor at the
1951 Venice Film Festival. It was shot at the
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in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Rino Mondellini
Rino Mondellini (1908-1974) was an Italian art director known for his work in the French film industry.Hayward p.244
Selected filmography
* ''Come Down, Someone Wants You'' (1951)
* ''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (1951)
* ''Shadow and Light'' (1951) ...
and
René Moulaert
René Moulaert (1901–1965) was a Belgian art director who worked on designing stage and film sets.Thys p.316
Selected filmography
* '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1932)
* '' Strange Inheritance'' (1943)
* '' Night Shift'' (1944)
* ...
.
Main cast
References
Bibliography
* Aitken, Ian. ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film''. Routledge, 2013.
External links
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1951 films
1951 drama films
French drama films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Georges Lacombe
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
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