Beauties of the Night (1952)
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Director René Clair insisted that his 1952 production Beauties of the Night (Les Belles du Nuit) was intended as a comic variation on Griffith's multipart Intolerance (1916). The Clair film deals with a disillusioned music teacher (Gérard Philipe) who dreams of the beautiful women of history,… More Director René Clair insisted that his 1952 production Beauties of the Night (Les Belles du Nuit) was intended as a comic variation on Griffith's multipart Intolerance (1916). The Clair film deals with a disillusioned music teacher (Gérard Philipe) who dreams of the beautiful women of history, envisioning himself as the central male figure in each dream. The imaginary ladies (including such internationally famous lovelies as Martine Carol and Gina Lollobrigida) begin converging on the hero all at once, much to the delight of both Philipe and the audience. At several junctures, Clair revives a technique from his earliest talkies by having the characters sing their lines and thoughts rather than speaking them. These treasured musical moments are somewhat dissipated when Beauties of the Night is seen in an edited, redubbed American print -- which also "fudges" the film's notorious Gina Lollobrigida nude scene. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- René Clair
- Genres
- Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
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Cast
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Gérard Philipe
as Claude
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Martine Carol
as Edmee
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Gina Lollobrigida
as Leila
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Magali Vendeuil
as Suzanne
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Marilyn Buferd
as Madame Bonacieux
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Raymond Cordy
as Gaston
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Raymond Bussières
as Roger
- Bernard Dheran
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Bernard Lajarrige
as Leon the policeman
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Henri Marchand
as Henri
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Albert Michel Jr.
as Postman
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Jean Parédès
as Paul the pharmacist
- Paolo Stoppa
- Paul Demange
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Palau
as The Old Gentleman
