The Night Is Ours (1953 film)

For the Mexican film, see The Night Is Ours (1952 film).

The Night Is Ours
Directed by	Jean Stelli
Written by	François Chalais Henry Kistemaeckers (play) Henri Vendesse
Produced by	Henri Ullmann
Starring	Simone Renant Jean Danet Jean Murat
Cinematography	Nicolas Hayer
Edited by	Paul Cayatte
Music by	René Sylviano
Production company	Compagnie Nouvelle du Cinéma
Distributed by	Cora Films
Release date	14 May 1953 (1953-05-14)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Night Is Ours (French: La nuit est à nous) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Simone Renant, Jean Danet and Jean Murat. It was a remake of the 1929 German film The Night Belongs to Us. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

Alain Brécourt, a former pilot during the Second World War, meets Françoise a young test pilot. The two fall in love but she is disturbed to discover that he already married to a singer. Despite his assurances that they have separated and there is nothing between them a distraught Françoise attempts to commit suicide during a flight.

Cast

• Simone Renant as Françoise Clozat
• Jean Danet as Alain Brécourt
• Jean Murat as Le colonel Gribaldi
• Virginia Keiley as Diana
• Jean Debucourt as Besagne
• Germaine de France as Marthe
• Christian Lude as L'imprésario de Diana
• Huguette Vergne as La secrétaire
• Paul Pavel
• Paul Barge as Le mécanicien
• Jacques Denoël as Un pilote
• Jacques Butin
• Roger Bontemps as Le radio
• Jean Berton as Le docteur
• Jacques Ferreol
• René Hell as L'autre mécanicien
• Jean-Louis Le Goff as Toto

See also

• The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
• The Night Is Ours (1930)

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Night Is Ours at IMDb