The Lovers of Midnight (1931 film)

1931 film

The Lovers of Midnight

Directed by	Augusto Genina Marc Allégret
Written by	Carl Behr Paul Bringuier Augusto Genina Georg C. Klaren Maurice Krol Georges Neveux
Produced by	Pierre Braunberger Carl Froelich Roger Richebé
Starring	Danièle Parola Pierre Batcheff Josseline Gaël
Cinematography	Roger Hubert Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Jean Mamy
Music by	Philippe Parès Georges Van Parys
Production companies	Carl Froelich-Film Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
Distributed by	Paris-Cinéma Location
Release date	16 January 1931 (1931-01-16)
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	French

The Lovers of Midnight (French: Les amours de minuit) is a 1931 French-German crime drama film directed by Augusto Genina and Marc Allégret and starring Danièle Parola, Pierre Batcheff and Josseline Gaël. It is a Multiple-language version with a separate German-language version Mitternachtsliebe also produced. It was the first sound film to be made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. It was remade as the 1943 film Voyage Without Hope during the Occupation period.

Synopsis

Marcel, a young bank clerk who has stolen money on a whim, is heading south to catch a ship to Latin America. On the train he encounters ruthless criminal Gaston who persuades his mistress Georgette, a singer in a nightclub, to seduce and rob the clerk. However, she begins to develop feelings for him.

Cast

Danièle Parola as Georgette Lajoie
Pierre Batcheff as Marcel Valmont
Louis Zellas as Le Capitaine / The Captain
Josseline Gaël as Fanny
Jacques Varennes as Gaston Bouchard
Pierre Labry as Le policier

References

Rège p.285
Powrie & Rebillard p.16

Bibliography

Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

The Lovers of Midnight at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Marc Allégret
Travels in the Congo (1927) (documentary) J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931) (short) Black and White (1931) The Lovers of Midnight (1931) Fanny (1932) The Chocolate Girl (1932) Lake of Ladies (1934) Hotel Free Exchange (1934) Zouzou (1934) Beautiful Days (1935) Adventure in Paris (1936) Under Western Eyes (1936) The Terrible Lovers (1936) Woman of Malacca (1937) Another World (1937) Gribouille (1937) The Curtain Rises (1938) Orage (1938) Le Corsaire (1939) (unfinished) Parade en sept nuits (1941) The Beautiful Adventure (1942) Two Timid Souls (1943) Twilight (1944) Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944) Lunegarde (1945) Pétrus (1946) Blanche Fury (1948) The Naked Heart (1950) Blackmailed (1951) La demoiselle et son revenant (1952) Julietta (1953) Loves of Three Queens (1953) School for Love (1955) Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955) Plucking the Daisy (1956) Love Is at Stake (1957) Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958) Demons at Midnight (1961) The Man from Chicago (1963) The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)

Films directed by Marc Allégret

Travels in the Congo (1927) (documentary)
J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931) (short)
Black and White (1931)
The Lovers of Midnight (1931)
Fanny (1932)
The Chocolate Girl (1932)
Lake of Ladies (1934)
Hotel Free Exchange (1934)
Zouzou (1934)
Beautiful Days (1935)
Adventure in Paris (1936)
Under Western Eyes (1936)
The Terrible Lovers (1936)
Woman of Malacca (1937)
Another World (1937)
Gribouille (1937)
The Curtain Rises (1938)
Orage (1938)
Le Corsaire (1939) (unfinished)
Parade en sept nuits (1941)
The Beautiful Adventure (1942)
Two Timid Souls (1943)
Twilight (1944)
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
Lunegarde (1945)
Pétrus (1946)
Blanche Fury (1948)
The Naked Heart (1950)
Blackmailed (1951)
La demoiselle et son revenant (1952)
Julietta (1953)
Loves of Three Queens (1953)
School for Love (1955)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
Plucking the Daisy (1956)
Love Is at Stake (1957)
Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958)
Demons at Midnight (1961)
The Man from Chicago (1963)
The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)

v t e The films of Augusto Genina
Goodbye Youth (1918) The Prince of the Impossible (1918) The Beautiful Wife (1924) The Hearth Turned Off (1925) The Last Lord (1926) Goodbye Youth (1927) The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927) The Story of a Little Parisian (1928) Scampolo (1928) Love's Masquerade (1928) Latin Quarter (1929) Miss Europe (1930) The Darling of Paris (1931) The Lovers of Midnight (1931) The Woman Dressed As a Man (1932) We Are Not Children (1934) Forget Me Not (1935) The White Squadron (1936) Flowers from Nice (1936) The Phantom Gondola (1936) The Kiss of Fire (1937) Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering (1937) Castles in the Air (1939) The Siege of the Alcazar (1940) Bengasi (1942) Heaven over the Marshes (1949) Devotion (1950) Three Forbidden Stories (1952) Maddalena (1954) Frou-Frou (1955)

The films of Augusto Genina

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