La Nuit bulgare (1972)
Directed by Michel Mitrani

Drama

Film Synopsis

Paul Tarset is a high-ranking French diplomat who is charged with negotiating a trade deal worth billions with Bulgaria.  Bohringer, a leading French industrialist who stands to profit from the deal, puts pressure on the diplomat to agree a massive subsidy.  Tarset refuses and, as a result, becomes the victim of an insidious blackmail campaign.  Unless he gives in to Bohringer's requests the diplomat's compromising past will soon become public knowledge...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Michel Mitrani
  • Script: Michel Mitrani, Claude Varlin
  • Cinematographer: Sacha Vierny
  • Music: Girolamo Arrigo
  • Cast: Marina Vlady (Marthe Tarset), Charles Vanel (Bohringer), Henri Garcin (Paul Tarset), François Périer (Lafond), Thalie Frugès (Odile), Jean-Pierre Andréani (L'interprète), Charles Millot (Le chef de la délégation bulgare), René Clermont (Desnoye), Jean Bolo, Gabriel Gobin, Gordon Heath, Marcello Pagliero, Fred Personne, Jacques Rispal, Fred Wyne
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 85 min

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