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| In the Night | |
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| French | Dans la nuit |
| Directed by | Charles Vanel |
| Written by | Charles Vanel |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Dans la nuit (English: In the Night) is a 1929 French silent film by Charles Vanel.[1][2] The film is a macabre drama about a disfigured worker who wears a mask to hide his face from his unfaithful wife. The producers imposed a happy ending on the film.[3] Louis Sclavis recorded a jazz soundtrack album Dans la nuit for ECM in 2002.[4]
- ^ Eckel, Julia; Leiendecker, Bernd; Olek, Daniela; Piepiorka, Christine (31 March 2014). (Dis)Orienting Media and Narrative Mazes. ISBN 9783839423387.
Sometimes, those scenarios remain on a rather general level, for example the dream in DANS LA NUIT (France 1929, Charles Vanel), which shows what would happen to a young couple if the husband suffered a disfiguring accident, ...
- ^ Philippe Rège Encyclopedia of French Film Directors - Volume 1 81086939X - 2009
- ^ Borger, Lenny (26 April 1989). "Charles Vanel, esteemed character actor, dead at 96". Variety. p. 12.
- ^ "Jazz Journal International". Jazz Journal International. 56: 42. 2003.
Such visual or poetic factors are central to this, his original score for the recently restored version of a classic French film from the end of the silent era, Charles Vanel's 1929 Dans La Nuit. One of the most immediately attractive of Sclavis's ...