Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (1938)
Directed by Jean Dréville

Drama
aka: Kreutzer Sonata

Film Synopsis

Pozdnycheff, a dissolute young man living in Saint Petersburg, brings nothing but trouble to the household of a friend who has committed suicide.  Since his friend's death he has become morbidly obsessed by this tragic event.  When he is married, his obsession drives him to try to kill his wife.  He is condemned but his wife, who has always loved him, faithfully awaits his return.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean Dréville
  • Script: André Legrand (dialogue), Leo Tolstoy (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Michel Kelber
  • Music: Adolphe Borchard
  • Cast: Gaby Morlay (Helene Voronine), Jean Yonnel (Dimitri Pozdnychef), Jacques Erwin (Toukatchewsky), Pierre Renoir (Ivan Borowsky), Edmonde Guy (Sonia Borowsky), Clara Darcey-Roche (La mère de Pozdnycheff), Annie Rozanne (Katia Voronine), André Bervil (Igor Petrovich), Gisèle Gire (La fleuriste), Georges Paulais (Gouretzki), André Nox (Le directeur), Marguerite de Morlaye (Une admiratrice), Louis Salou (Michel), Charles Léger (Le domestique), Jean-Pierre Thisse (Le petit Vassia), Darcy Roche
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Aka: Kreutzer Sonata

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