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6.9/10   196 votes
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Director:
Writers:
René Clair (scenario)
René Clair (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
April 1954 (USA) more
Plot:
A young composer has vivid dreams of the past that reflect, yet conflict with his waking life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Gérard Philipe ... Claude
Martine Carol ... Edmee

Gina Lollobrigida ... La caissière du Grand Café / Leila
Magali Vendeuil ... Suzanne
Marilyn Buferd ... La postière / Madame Bonacieux (as Marylin Bufferd)
Raymond Bussières ... Roger
Raymond Cordy ... Suzanne's father Gaston / Marquis
Bernard La Jarrige ... Léon, le gendarme / Leon the gendarme (as Bernard Lajarrige)
Albert Michel ... Le facteur / Postman
Palau ... The Old Gentleman
Jean Parédès ... Paul the pharmacist
Paolo Stoppa ... Opera director
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beauties of the Night (USA)
Le belle della notte (Italy)
Night Beauties
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Runtime:
87 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
But for the great Philippe!..., 8 April 2009
6/10
Author: adrian290357 from Portugal

Gérard Philippe is, as ever, great to watch and one is constantly reminded of what a great loss it was that he should have died of a heart attack in 1959 at the comparatively young age of 37.

Otherwise, it is a rather pointless and wishful movie that ultimately saps the musician/artist portrayed by Philippe of any sympathy the public might still have for him. The script appears to go all over the place and one is never sure whether the screenwriter actually sat down and thought it through or just typed it all in one sitting. As for the director, René Clair cannot have been too personally involved if he allowed such a shoddy job to be the result.

I love French culture, and French films and music in particular, but I am afraid this is a most disappointing specimen that -- for its sins -- even manages to suffer from pretentiousness.

I must make it clear that my views on this film have nothing to do with the reviews of Leonard Maltin or anyone else. The movie is so poor that even some great visual moments and Philippe's bravura performance cannot rescue it (though they earn it my very kind 6).

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