White Nights

Original title: Le notti bianche

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

9.5K

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Drama Romance

A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.A humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

9.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins & 7 nominations total

La domestica
(as Maria Zanolli)

Elena Fancera

La cassiera

Lanfranco Ceccarelli

Un coinvolto nella rissa

Angelo Galassi

Un coinvolto nella rissa

Renato Terra

Un coinvolto nella rissa

Corrado Pani

Un giovinastro

Dirk Sanders

Il ballerino
(as Dick Sanders)

Clara Calamai

La prostituta

Giorgio Albertazzi

L'inquilino
(uncredited)
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Lys Assia

La cantante
(uncredited)

Romano Barbieri

Il figlio della famiglia amica di Mario
(uncredited)

Alberto Carloni

Il locandiere
(uncredited)

Dino D'Aquilio

Un ragazzino
(uncredited)

Enzo Doria

Il marinaio che balla
(uncredited)

Director
- Luchino Visconti
Writers
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Austrian actress Maria Schell learnt the script in Italian and spoke all her lines in Italian during the shooting, which won her the admiration of the Italian cast and crew. It was subsequently decided not to dub her voice by an Italian actress, which was the usual practice at the time.

Goofs
(at around 4 mins) When the bar closes and the owner exits it, he pretends to take out keys from his pocket to lock the door. But, as the camera moves away, the actor portraying the owner of the bar, can be seen putting the keys back in his pocket without locking the door.

Quotes
Mario: God bless you for the moment of happiness you gave me. Even a moment's worth can last a lifetime.

Connections
Edited into Meine Schwester Maria (2002)

Soundtracks
Thirteen Women
Written by Dicky Thompson (as Thomson), Gadda and Lidianni
Decca Records Inc. New York U.S.A.
Performed by Bill Haley and the Comets (as Bill Haley and His Comets)

User reviews50

Featured review

Interesting plot, genius directing

This film is very good indeed. Visconti confirms what everybody knows: he is a master! The plot is based on a Dostoievski tale, where a love triangle is explored in the minimum psychological details. Actually, it shows the impact of a powerful passion on human behavior, it tries to explore the incredible power that love has on people's behavior, mainly when passion and irresistible attraction are present. The author tries to show that we are capable of believing anything as well as having childish attitudes when we are confronted with passion. Moreover Visconti is very elegant when dealing with all the elements, combining them with great precision.

Also it is fine to see Maria Schell and Mastroianni acting.