One Night's Song Explained

One Night's Song
Director:Pierre Colombier
Anatole Litvak
Producer:Arnold Pressburger
Gregor Rabinovitch
William A. Szekeley
Starring:Jan Kiepura
Magda Schneider
Pierre Brasseur
Music:Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Mischa Spoliansky
Cinematography:Robert Baberske
Willy Goldberger
Fritz Arno Wagner
Editing:Francis Salabert
Studio:Cine-Allianz
Distributor:Les Films Osso
Runtime:85 minutes
Country:France
Germany
Language:French

One Night's Song (French: La chanson d'une nuit) is a 1933 musical film directed by Pierre Colombier and Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider and Pierre Brasseur.[1] [2] It was a co-production between Germany and France. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin alongside the German The Song of Night. A separate English-language version Tell Me Tonight was also produced.

Synopsis

Celebrated opera singer Enrico Ferraro is overwhelmed by his fame and tired of being directed by his manager. He heads to the French Riviera for a break and there encounters Koretzky, a man who strongly resembles him. He engages Koretzky to act as his double but complications soon arise.

Cast

Critical reception

A review in the film magazine Pour Vous considered it "tasteful cinema, light-heartedness and good humor without any vulgarity" while other reviewers praised Anatole Litvak's direction.[3]

References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.304
  2. Crisp p.393
  3. Capua p.124

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