LES LOUPS CHASSENT LA NUIT

Les loups chassent la nuit is a production Franco-Italian realized by Bernard Borderie, release in 1951.

Personal comments : Louis de Funès is not marked in the credits, he plays the role of a waiter, he appears :

56 seconds at 56 minutes and 10 seconds after the beginning of the movie

♦ Synopsis :

The journalist Thomas Mollert, chief of a network of against-espionage, makes come to Trieste, one of its agents, Cyril, which it needs to uncover Miguel, a spy. They are introduced in Miguel to find certain documents, while Catherine, the friend of Cyril, retains it in a particular cabinet. One of the killers of Miguel surprises them and prevents this last which is cut down by Catherine. Mollert makes a success of its mission and Cyril and Catherine live their love story with Venice.

♦ Specification sheet :

• Title : Les loups chassent la nuit
• Realization : Bernard Borderie
• Scenario : According to the novel of Pierre Frondaie "Le lieutenant de Gibraltar"
• Adaptation and Dialogue : Bernard Borderie, Francis Thuret
• Production assistant : André Smagghe
• Images : Jacques Lemare
• Operator : Gustave Raulet, assisted of Luc Mirot
• Music : Joseph Kosma, orchestra steered by Marcel Cariven (Editions Musical Transatlantiques)
• Songs : "Faut pas m'en vouloir", "Le bonheur" : of Marc Lanjean and Joseph Kosma (Editions Choudens)
• Decorations : René Moulaert
• Editing : Henri Taverna, assisted of Jacqueline Thiedot
• Sound : Jean Monchablon and Jacques Carrère
• Make-up : Paule Déan
• Hairstyles : Odette Berroyer
• Photographer of tray : Henri Thibault
• Script-girl : Charlotte Lefèvre
• General manager : André Michaud
• Technician : Guy Seitz
• Shooting from July 25th till September 15th, 1951
• Italian title : "La ragazza di Trieste"
• Film 35mm, black and white
• Recording Western Electric, sound system
• Edition : Laboratory L.T.C Saint-Cloud
• Special effect : Lax
• Production : Paris Studios Cinema Exploitation (Paris), Fonorama (Rome)
• Leader of production : Raymond Borderie
• Director of production : Robert Bossis
• Distribution : Pathé Consortium Cinéma
• First presentation the 06/02/1952
• Duration : 98 mn
• Genre : Espionage
• Visa of exploitation : 11775

♦ Distribution :

• Louis de Funès : The barman serving a port
• Jean-Pierre Aumont : Cyril Dormoy, an agent of Mollert
• Carla Del Poggio : Catherine, a friend of Cyril, singer of cabaret
• Fernand Ledoux : Thomas Mollert, journalist and head of network of counter-intelligence
• Marcel Herrand : Pedro, the director of the cabaret
• John Kitzmiller : The black domestic of Miguel
• Ronaldo Lupi : Miguel, the spy and the false art dealer
• Nicolas Vogel : Jim, the driver of Mollert
• Attilio Dottesio : Baum, alias : "Horner", un espion
• Gianni Rizzo : The Italian police captain
• Sophie Sel : The employee of the hotel
• Tancrédi : The driver

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