La Belle de Nuit

Overview

Based on a play by Pierre Wolff, about a wronged husband’s revenge on his wife and her lover, La belle de nuit is a major find, a work of uninhibited stylistic imagination that ranges from Sirkian stylization (an elaborate play of mirrors and doubles) to brutal realism (a tour of the bordellos of Marseille suggests the contemporary photographs of Brassaï).

Cast

Véra Korène

Maryse Roy / Maïthé

Aimé Clariond

Claude Davène

Jacques Dumesnil

Jean Fournier

Paul Bernard

Pierre Darfeuille

Andreals

Marcelle Barry

Germaine Brière

Fernande

Fanny Lacroix

Marguerite Mérentié

Clara

Frédéric Mariotti