A Friend Will Come Tonight Explained

A Friend Will Come Tonight
Director:	Raymond Bernard
Producer:	Constantin Geftman Jacques Roitfeld Raymond Artus
Starring:	Michel Simon Madeleine Sologne Paul Bernard
Music:	Arthur Honegger
Cinematography:	Robert Lefebvre
Editing:	Charlotte Guilbert
Studio:	Francinex CGC Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
Runtime:	125 minutes
Country:	France

A Friend Will Come Tonight (French: Un ami viendra ce soir) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne and Paul Bernard.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Cast

• Michel Simon as Michel Lemaret
• Madeleine Sologne as Hélène Asselin
• Paul Bernard as Le docteur Maurice Tiller
• Louis Salou as Le commissaire Louis Martin
• Saturnin Fabre as Philippe Prunier
• Marcel André as Le docteur Lestrade
• Lily Mounet as Alexandrine Jeanne Constance Létitia, baronne de Pontignac
• Yvette Andréyor as Mademoiselle Béatrice
• Jacques Clancy as Jacques Leroy, le pianiste
• Daniel Gélin as Pierre Ribault
• Claude Lehmann as Le docteur Pigaut
• Cécilia Paroldi as Claire, la postière
• Howard Vernon as Robert Langlois, le muet
• Jane Marny as Madame Belin
• Raoul Marco as Le maire
• Pierre Sergeol as Charles Levallier
• Odette Barencey as Une serveuse de l'auberge
• Georges Brisset
• Claude Vernier as Le second officier allemand
• Gregori Chmara as L'officier allemand au monocle
  • Paul Darcy Jo Dest as Un allemand
• Palmyre Levasseur as Une villageoise
• Fernand Liesse as Anselme
  • Darling Légitimus Maria Mauban
• Fritz Schmiedel as Le soldat allemand faisant l'appel
• Maurice Schutz

Production

Guy Lefranc was assistant director on the movie.

References

1. Rège p.620

Bibliography

• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.