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

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directed by

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and

Anatole Litvak Anatoly Mikhailovich Litvak (10 May 1902 – 15 December 1974), commonly known as Anatole Litvak, was a Russian-American filmmaker. Born to Jewish parents in Kiev, he began his theatrical training at age 13 in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, ...

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

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alongside the German '' The Song of Night''. A separate English-language version '' Tell Me Tonight'' was also produced.

Synopsis

Celebrated

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Enrico Ferraro is overwhelmed by his fame and tired of every aspect of his daily life being controlled 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 * Clara Tambour as Le manager * Charles Lamy as Balthazar * Lucien Baroux as Pategg *

René Bergeron René Bergeron (1890–1971) was a French stage and film actor.Crisp p.57 A character actor he played numerous supporting roles in films, particularly during the 1930s and early 1940s. Selected filmography * '' Captain Fracasse'' (1929) * '' The ...

as L'employé des contributions * Pierre Labry 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

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