Beauties of the Night (1952)

Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination

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Gérard Philipe

Claude - un jeune compositeur rêveur

Martine Carol

Edmée 1900…

Gina Lollobrigida

La caissière du Grand Café…

Magali Vendeuil

Suzanne - la fille du garagiste…

Marilyn Buferd

La postière
(as Marylin Bufferd)
…

Raymond Bussières

Roger - le garagiste…

Raymond Cordy

Gaston…

Bernard Lajarrige

Léon - le gendarme

Albert Michel

Le facteur…

Palau

Le vieux monsieur qui critique toutes les époques

Jean Parédès

Paul - le pharmacien

Paolo Stoppa

Le directeur de l'Opéra

Le Choeur Marguerite Mercier

Les choristes

Monique Aïssata

La servante de Leïla
(uncredited)

Robert Balpo

Le directeur du collège
(uncredited)

Madeleine Barbulée

Jacques Beauvais

Petit rôle
(uncredited)

Georges Bever

Le garçon de café
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Final film of Jane Pierson.

Alternate versions
The dubbed Italian version incorporates shots of road signs written in Italian.

Connections
Featured in Le ciné-club de Radio-Canada: Film présenté: Les belles de nuit (1956)

Soundtracks
Les Belles de Nuit
Music by Georges Van Parys
Lyrics by René Clair
Performed by Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida and Magali Vendeuil

Ah Algeria was a beautiful country....

....when France used to colonize (and civilize it)!When you know how that story ends ,such words make you wonder....

Gerard Philipe precisely plays a music teacher who 's dreaming his life away.His daydreaming takes him back to the French revolution -with all the usual clichés- ,to 1900 and to French Algeria .THe moral of this story is that you haven't got to travel far to find happiness cause it's always near you.

Two gorgeous ladies ,Gina Lollobrigida - he met the precedent year in the highly superior "Fanfan la Tulipe"- and Martine Carol give Philipe adequate support.

Probably inspired by "the secret life of Walter Mitty " (1947)