''A Friend Will Come Tonight'' (French: ''Un ami viendra ce soir'') is a 1946 French

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directed by Raymond Bernard and starring

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Madeleine Sologne Madeleine Sologne (12 October 1912 – 31 March 1995) was a French film actress. Sologne was born Madeleine Simone Vouillon in La Ferté-Imbault, Loir-et-Cher. She was married to the art director Jean Douarinou. Selected filmography * ''Adri ...

and Paul Bernard.Rège p.620 The film's sets were designed by the art director

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Cast

as Michel Lemaret *

as Hélène Asselin * Paul Bernard as Le docteur Maurice Tiller *

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as Le commissaire Louis Martin *

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as Philippe Prunier *

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as Le docteur Lestrade * Lily Mounet as Alexandrine Jeanne Constance Létitia, baronne de Pontignac *

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as Mademoiselle Béatrice *

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as Jacques Leroy, le pianiste *

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as Pierre Ribault * Claude Lehmann as Le docteur Pigaut *

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as Claire, la postière * Howard Vernon as Robert Langlois, le muet * Jane Marny as Madame Belin *

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as Le maire *

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as Charles Levallier *

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as Une serveuse de l'auberge * Georges Brisset *

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as Le second officier allemand * Gregori Chmara as L'officier allemand au monocle * Paul Darcy *

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as Un allemand *

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as Une villageoise * Fernand Liesse as Anselme * Darling Légitimus *

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* Fritz Schmiedel as Le soldat allemand faisant l'appel *

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Production

Guy Lefranc Guy Lefranc (21 October 1919 - 1 February 1994) was a French director and screenwriter. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefranc, Guy 1919 births 1994 deaths French male screenwriters 20th-century French screen ...

was assistant director on the movie.

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films French black-and-white films Films directed by Raymond Bernard Films scored by Arthur Honegger 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub