''Twilight'' (France: ''Félicie Nanteuil'') is a 1944 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Marc Allégret Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director. Biography Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...

and starring Claude Dauphin,

Micheline Presle Micheline Presle (; born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne; 22 August 1922) is a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle. Starting in 1939, she starred in over 50 French and English language films that were made in H ...

and

Louis Jourdan Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Paradine Case'' (1947), '' Lette ...

Plot

Two men are in love with the same woman.

Production

The film was shot at the

Victorine Studios Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city. Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a H ...

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

during 1942.''Felicie Nanteuil''
at louisjourdan.net

Reception

The movie was popular at the French box office.

Cast

* Claude Dauphin as Aimé Cavalier *

as Félicie Nanteuil *

as Robert de Ligny *

Jacques Louvigny Jacques Louvigny (1884–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Hayward p.241 Selected filmography * '' Delphine'' (1931) * ''On purge bébé'' (1931) * ''Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) * ''Hôtel du Nord'' (1938 ...

as Pradel * Marcelle Praince as Mme Nanteuil * Marion Malville as Fagette * Charlotte Clasis as Mme Pierson *

Mady Berry Mady Berry (14 October 1887 – 18 January 1965) was a French stage and film actress.Waldman p.146 Selected filmography * '' Gloria'' (1931) * ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931) * '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) * ''The Girl and the Boy'' (1931) ...

as Mme Michon * Charles Lavialle as Durville *

Max Révol Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...

* Henry Lefevre *

Jean d'Yd Jean d'Yd was the stage name of Jean Paul Félix Didier Perret. He was a French actor and comedian, and was born in Paris on 17 May 1880. He died in Vernon, Eure, France on 14 May 1964. Selected filmography *1923: ''La Dame de Monsoreau'' (di ...

as Le docteur Socrate * Gaston Orbal as Constantin *

Edmond Beauchamp Edmond Beauchamp (3 March 1900 – 3 June 1985), sometimes credited only as Beauchamp, was a French film and Broadway stage actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1928 and 1979. Partial filmography * '' Misdeal'' (1928) - Le gitan (uncredi ...

as Le jeune premier *

Danièle Delorme Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Y ...

as La camarade de Félicie *

Roger Pigaut Roger Pigaut (birth name Roger Paul Louis Pigot) (8 April 1919 – 24 December 1989) was a French actor and film director. He appeared in 40 films between 1943 and 1980. Partial filmography * ''Retour de flamme'' (1943) - Maurice * '' Lov ...

as Petit rôle *

Pierre Prévert Pierre Prévert (26 May 1906 – 5 April 1988) was a French film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is the brother of Jacques Prévert, who is the subject of his documentary '' Mon frère Jacques''. He is the father of screenwriter Catherine ...

as L'appariteur * Simone Sylvestre as Mme de Ligny

References

External links

*
''Felicie Nanteuil''
at Monsieur.louisjourdan.net (in French)
''Felicie Nanteuil''
at My French Film Festival

at French Film Site 1944 films Films directed by Marc Allégret French black-and-white films 1940s French-language films 1944 drama films French drama films 1940s French films Films shot at Victorine Studios {{1940s-France-film-stub