Nights of Fire
Encyclopedia
Nights of Fire is a French
drama
film from 1937, directed by Marcel L'Herbier
, written by Marcel L'Herbier
, starring Gaby Morlay
and Jean Marais
. It is also known as "Nights of Fire".
The scenario was written on the basis book of Leo Tolstoy
.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
film from 1937, directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total...
, written by Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier, Légion d'honneur, was a French film-maker, who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total...
, starring Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay was a French film actress. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.-Selected filmography:* When Love Is Over * Le Scandale * Nuits de feu...
and Jean Marais
Jean Marais
-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
. It is also known as "Nights of Fire".
The scenario was written on the basis book of Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
.
Cast
- Gaby MorlayGaby MorlayGaby Morlay was a French film actress. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.-Selected filmography:* When Love Is Over * Le Scandale * Nuits de feu...
: Lisa Andreieva - Victor FrancenVictor FrancenVictor Francen , born Victor Franssens, was a Belgian-born actor with a long career in French cinema and in Hollywood....
: Fedor Andreiev - George RigaudGeorge RigaudGeorge Rigaud was an Argentine film actor. He appeared in 194 films between 1932 and 1981.He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was killed in a road accident in Madrid, Spain.-Selected filmography:...
: Serge Rostoff - Madeleine Robinson : Macha
- Sinoël : L'habitué des assises
- Mia Slavenska : Ballerina
- Paule Andral : mother of Lisa
- Gabriel SignoretGabriel SignoretGabriel Signoret was a French silent film actor.He starred in some 70 films between 1910 and 1938.In 1920 he appeared in Guy du Fresnay's Flipotte....
: the substitute Bobinine (as Signoret) - Jeanne Lory : Madam Bobinine
- Odette Talazac : one tzigane
- André Nox : the president
- René Bergeron : an informant
- Jean TouloutJean TouloutJean Toulout was a French film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1911 and 1959.He was born and died in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* La Fugue de Monsieur Perle...
: Balichev - René GéninRené GéninRené Génin was a French film actor. He appeared in 134 films between 1931 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* Nuits de feu * Port of Shadows * Girls in Distress...
: Client de Balichev - Paulette Burguet : La camériste
- Jean MaraisJean Marais-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
: (uncredited)
External links
- Nuits de feu (1937) at the Films de France Fiche sur Nuits de feu sur le site DvdToile Fiche sur Nuits de Feu sur le site ToutleCine