Nuits d'alerte (1946)

Director:

Léon Mathot

Writer:

René Wheeler

Stars:

Hélène Perdrière, Roger Pigaut, Pierre Dudan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hélène Perdrière	...	Hélène
Roger Pigaut	...	Pierre
Pierre Dudan	...	Klaus
Philippe Hersent	...	Stefan Hess
Régine Montlaur	...	Lily
Marcelle Monthil
Henry Murray
Pierre Collet
Howard Vernon	...	L'aviateur anglais
Abel Tarride	...	L'aubergiste
Alexandre Mihalesco	...	(as Mihalesco)
Georges Jamin
Marc Cassot
Charles Lemontier	...	Le cheminot
Jane Marken	...	Madame Morizot (as Jeanne Marken)

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

25 September 1946 (France)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Informers in the dark

"Nuits d'Alerte" belongs to that spate of movie which were thriving just after WW2.The French Resistance fighters were the new heroes,deservedly so.It took Louis Malle and "Lacombe Lucien" to show the darker side of the occupation (although Clouzot had already begun with some scenes from his "Manon" ) and the collaborators.

If the heroine betrays her country,it's because she can't stand torture but in the end she redeems herself and goes as far as to sacrifice her own life to save her squeeze.A squeeze who is ,of course ,a resistant fighter .They are both quite romantic (as her death is) :Roger Pigaut was one of the young romantic leads of the era and Helene Perdriere was fresh as a daisy.Both were solid thespians but a desultory script does not help .The movie fails to excite or to move.

Best moment:an informer ,learning while listening to the radio that his cover is blown,tries to escape .We see him in the dark,tracked down by his compatriots.The heroine was his lover,that was her first mistake.

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