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Le jour se lève (1939)
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29 July 1940 (USA)
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Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished...
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1 nomination
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Jean Gabin | ... | François | |
| Jules Berry | ... | M. Valentin | |
| Arletty | ... | Clara | |
| Mady Berry | ... | La concierge | |
| René Génin | ... | Le concierge (as Genin) | |
| Arthur Devère | ... | Mr. Gerbois (as Arthur Devere) | |
| René Bergeron | ... | Le patron du café (as Bergeron) | |
| Bernard Blier | ... | Gaston | |
| Marcel Pérès | ... | Paulo (as Peres) | |
| Germaine Lix | ... | La chanteuse | |
| Gabrielle Fontan | ... | La vieille dame dans l'escalier | |
| Jacques Baumer | ... | Le commissaire | |
| Jacqueline Laurent | ... | Françoise |
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Daybreak (USA)
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93 min | Germany:86 min | USA:88 min (Janus print) | Argentina:87 min
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Mono (Western Electric Wide Range Sound System)
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While not the first film to use dissolves to represent flashbacks, it was considered too new a method in the language of cinema that the films producers' insisted on pretitle cards to avoid any confusion.
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M. Valentin:
You're the type women fall in love with . . . I'm the type that interests them.
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Featured in "Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A francia lírai realizmus (#1.6)" (1989)
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One of the best examples from the realism that was filmed in France between the 30's and 40's. It's such the feeling that you almost think that it's happening next door. Superb.