Une histoire de Chine

Titre original : Satan Never Sleeps

1962
Approved
2h 5min

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6,0/10

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William Holden, France Nuyen, and Clifton Webb in Une histoire de Chine (1962)

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDuring the Chinese Civil War of 1949, the Communists constantly harass the two priests of a remote Catholic mission outpost.During the Chinese Civil War of 1949, the Communists constantly harass the two priests of a remote Catholic mission outpost.During the Chinese Civil War of 1949, the Communists constantly harass the two priests of a remote Catholic mission outpost.

Réalisation
- Leo McCarey
- David W. Orton
Scénario
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,0/10

901

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Leo McCarey
- David W. Orton
Scénario
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Ho San
(as Weaver Lee)

Ronald Adam

Father Lemay
(non crédité)

Lin Chen

Sister Mary
(non crédité)

Anthony Chinn

Ho San's Driver
(non crédité)

Noel Hood

Sister Justine
(non crédité)

Ric Young

Junior Officer
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- Leo McCarey
- David W. Orton
Scénario
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Anecdotes
This was Clifton Webb's final film and one of only two of his sound films in which he appeared without his trademark mustache. The other was On va se faire sonner les cloches (1950). He retired from acting after this role, due to health problems.

Gaffes
In the baptism scene at the end, Holden pulls the white garment over his head just as the name of the child is revealed. His hair is very tousled as his head subsequently emerges. The scene cuts to the proud/happy parents, then right back to Holden and his hair is miraculously restored to its customary neatness with no apparent time elapsed.

Connexions
Featured in Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)

Bandes originales
Satan Never Sleeps
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
Sung by Timi Yuro

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9/10

Satan Never Sleeps=The Devil Made Them Do this Great Film ***1/2

William Holden and Clifton Webb make an engaging pair of priests in China at the time of the 1949 Communist take-over.

Since Holden arrives late to replace Webb at the mission, the latter isn't able to get out in time as the Communist forces invade.

This is a story of how 2 different priests in the way of Crosby and Fitzgerald in "Going My Way" come to know one another under such adverse conditions.

The film succeeds due to its depiction of the eventual disillusionment towards Communism of a Chinese person who almost became a priest before being totally brainwashed by the Red system.

France Nuyen is absolutely wonderful as the young girl, who is saved by the Holden character and refuses to leave him. There is definitely a comic take to this fine film as Priest Webb will eventually think that her unborn child is that of Father O'Banion (Holden)

The film shows how the Communists would go to any length, including murder to get their point across. It shows how individual thought is done away with under the Communist system.