Les Yeux noirs (1935)
Directed by Viktor Tourjansky

Comedy / Drama
aka: Black Eyes

Film Synopsis

Russia, 1913.  A widower raises his daughter and keeps her in ignorance of the fact that he works as a maître d'hôtel in a restaurant.  The young woman meets a banker who has amorous designs on her and takes her to the restaurant where her father works.  The banker is known to the girl's father and he wastes no time chasing him away.  The girl manages to console herself with the love of her piano teacher.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Viktor Tourjansky
  • Script: Viktor Tourjansky (story), Robert Thoeren (story), Jean-Pierre Feydeau, Jacques Natanson (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Louis Née, Armand Thirard
  • Music: Michel Michelet
  • Cast: Harry Baur (Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff), Simone Simon (Tania), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Karpoff), Jean-Max (Roudine), Christiane Ribes (Une demi-mondaine), Jeanne Brindeau (La gouvernante), Pierre Labry (Le noceur), André Dubosc (Le maître d'hôtel), Guy Sloux (Le fêtard), Nine Assia (Lucie), Viviane Romance (La comtesse), Jacques Berlioz (Le directeur), Maxime Fabert (Un convive), Claude Lehmann (Un jeune officier), Léon Arvel (Un serveur du restaurant), Raymond Aimos (Un serveur du restaurant), Max Maxudian, Georges Paulais, Adrienne Trenkel, Marguerite de Morlaye
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 80 min
  • Aka: Black Eyes ; Dark Eyes

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