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Les Visiteurs du Soir

Original title: Les visiteurs du soir
  • 19421942
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  • 1h 55m
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7.3/10
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Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
DramaFantasyRomance
In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.
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    • Marcel Carné
    • Jacques Prévert(original script)
    • Pierre Laroche(original script)
  • Stars
    • Arletty
    • Marie Déa
    • Fernand Ledoux
    • Marcel Carné
    • Jacques Prévert(original script)
    • Pierre Laroche(original script)
  • Stars
    • Arletty
    • Marie Déa
    • Fernand Ledoux
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    • 15User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Arletty, Marie Déa, Alain Cuny, Marcel Herrand, and Fernand Ledoux in Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Marie Déa, Jules Berry, and Alain Cuny in Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
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    Arletty and Alain Cuny in Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Marie Déa and Alain Cuny in Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Jules Berry in Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
    Marie Déa and Alain Cuny in Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)

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    Arletty
    Arletty
    • Dominique - un ménestrel
    Marie Déa
    Marie Déa
    • Anne Hugue - la fille du baron qui se fiance avec Renaud
    Fernand Ledoux
    Fernand Ledoux
    • Le baron Hugues - le châtelain, père d'Anne
    Alain Cuny
    Alain Cuny
    • Gilles - un ménestrel
    Pierre Labry
    Pierre Labry
    • Le seigneur
    Jean d'Yd
    • Le baladin
    Roger Blin
    • Le montreur de monstres
    Gabriel Gabrio
    Gabriel Gabrio
    • Le bourreau
    Marcel Herrand
    Marcel Herrand
    • Le baron Renaud - le fiancé d'Anne
    Jules Berry
    Jules Berry
    • Le diable
    Janine Berry
      Claudye Carter
        François Chaumette
        • Gillaume - Un page
        • (uncredited)
        Jean Darnel
        • Un page
        • (uncredited)
        Arsenio Freignac
          Guy Henry
          Guy Henry
            Robert Hébert
              Robert Le Béal
                  • Marcel Carné
                  • Jacques Prévert(original script) (dialogue)
                  • Pierre Laroche(original script) (dialogue)
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                • Trivia
                  Prologue: "...or so, in the lovely months of May, 1485, the devil sent two of his envoys to this world to drive humans to despair...
                • Quotes

                  Dominique - un ménestrel: Men have loved me, as they like to whisper in my ear. I let them. Is it my fault if they wept, gave everything for me, even their lives? The young men were passionate; the old men crawled at my feet.

                  Gilles - un ménestrel: When did I ever cry or throw myself at your feet?

                  Dominique - un ménestrel: [snorts] You're different - greedy, stubborn, proud. You just want to be loved, to take without giving, to keep it all and leave.

                  Gilles - un ménestrel: Like you!

                  Dominique - un ménestrel: You hunted me like a cat hunts a mouse - but we're both cats, there is no mouse. It's not our fault. We both thought we'd caught a tender new victim... two executioners, face to face and no one to torture. How sad.

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                  The opening credits are shown as pages of an illuminated book with a gloved hand turning each page over.
                • Connections
                  Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: La monnaie de l'absolu (1999)
                • Soundtracks
                  Complainte de Gilles
                  Music by Maurice Thiriet

                  Lyrics by Jacques Prévert

                  Performed by Jacques Jansen

                User reviews15

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                8/10
                Once upon a time..
                It's the only Carné-Prévert movie that takes place in another era,the Middle Ages.During the German occupation,it was an alibi:the Devil was meant to represent Hitler and the two lovers the Resistance.But for the people at the time,their hints at French plight were so disguised -or else,it would have been banned by the censorship-,they only saw the escapist movie which they did need.Over the years,the movie has lost some of its charms:after a brilliant introduction,the pace remains too slow and it's hard to believe that Alain Cuny and Marie Déa are eaten with desire.As always in Carné's movies,it's the supporting cast that walks out with the honors:Arletty is as splendid as ever in her androgynous beauty,and Jules Berry is ideally cast as the Devil.Though it remains inferior to "le jour se lève" and "les enfants du paradis" ,"les visiteurs du soir" is a curiosity for French movies buffs.People who like it should see "l'éternel retour",a collaboration between Jean Delannoy and Jean Cocteau.

                NB :"Children of paradise " also takes place in another era ,the nineteenth century;sorry.
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                • Aug 9, 2001

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                  • August 29, 1947 (United States)
                  • France
                  • French
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                  • Franstudio, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France
                • Production company
                  • Productions André Paulvé
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                • 1 hour 55 minutes
                  • Black and White

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