''One Night's Secret'' (French: ''Le secret d'une nuit'') is a 1934 French

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directed by

Félix Gandéra Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, S ...

and starring Armand Bernard,

Albert Préjean Albert Préjean (27 October 1894 in Paris – 1 November 1979 in Paris) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'honneur. With Lysiane Rey, he was the ...

and

Lisette Lanvin Lisette Lanvin (1913–2004) was a French film actress.Goble p.6 Selected filmography * ''Student's Hotel'' (1932) * ''Youth'' (1933) * '' Nitchevo'' (1936) * ''Jenny'' (1936) * ''The Kings of Sport'' (1937) * ''The Club of Aristocrats'' (1937) * ...

.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Gys Robert Gys (1901–1977) was a French art director.O'Shaughnessy p.238 Selected filmography * '' Imperial Violets'' (1924) * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''Miss Europe'' (1930) * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' The Dream'' (1931) * '' ...

Synopsis

The naïve Sylvain arrives in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

to be tricked by two men he encounters in a bar who want to use him as an accomplice in a criminal scheme.

Cast

* Armand Bernard as Coco *

as Sylvain Renaud *

as Claudie *

Janine Merrey Janine Merrey was a French film actress.Goble p.124 She appeared in more than thirty films. Selected filmography * ''Love Songs'' (1930) * '' The Regiment's Champion'' (1932) * ''If You Wish It'' (1932) * '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932) * ...

as Zizine *

Germaine Rouer Germaine Rouer (1897–1994) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.311 She was a member of the Comédie-Française. Selected filmography * ''Les Vampires'' (1916) * ''The Earth'' (1921) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * '' The Flame'' (1926 ...

as Madame Hoppguer *

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as Le Petit Frisé *

Fernand Fabre Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49 Selected filmography * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * ''Luck'' (1931) * ''The Weaker Sex'' (1933) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1934) * '' ...

as Raymond *

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as Le metteur en scène * Paul Clerget as Monsieur Hoppguer *

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as La secrétaire *

Marcel Maupi Marcel Maupi, stage name of Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin or Maupi, (6 November 1881, Marseille – 4 January 1949, Antibes) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1931) * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' (1932) * '' The Iron ...

as Le grand salé * Eugène Stuber as Le patron du bistrot * Henri Trévoux as L'assistant *

Christiane Dor Christiane Dor (1892-1939) was a French stage actress, film actress and singer. Goble p.113 She appeared in numerous operettas and musical comedies on the Paris stage during the 1920s and 1930s. In cinema she played a number of supporting roles ...

as Minor Role * Danielle Darrieux as Minor Role

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. * Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1934 films French comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Félix Gandéra French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films set in Marseille Films scored by Raoul Moretti {{1930s-France-film-stub