La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
Directed by Marcel L'Herbier

Comedy

Film Synopsis

A lieutenant in the French navy is on the point of committing suicide when he meets a beautiful stranger.  Having fallen in love with her, he follows her and discovers that she is the heiress to the throne of a kingdom.  When he learns that the woman is to be married to a nobleman, the lieutenant absconds with her...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Marcel L'Herbier
  • Script: Marcel L'Herbier, Alfred Machard (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Léonce-Henri Burel, Nikolai Toporkoff
  • Music: Michel Michelet
  • Cast: Francesca Bertini (La princesse de Lystrie), Jean Murat (Jean d'Armont), Boris de Fast (Portier lystrien), Andrews Engelmann (Portier lystrien), Antonin Artaud (Jaroslav), Georges Tréville, Shorer, Pierre Juvenet, Hector Leopold, Raymond Narlay, Marion Gerth, Marthe Sarbel, Pierre Labry
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 100 min

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