The Midnight Sun (French: Le soleil de minuit) is a 1943 French adventure film directed by Bernard-Roland and starring Jules Berry, Josseline Gaël and Sessue Hayakawa .[1] It is based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoît.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Dumesnil.
| The Midnight Sun | |
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| Directed by | Bernard-Roland |
| Written by | Charles Exbrayat Pierre Léaud |
| Based on | The Midnight Sun by Pierre Benoît |
| Produced by | Jean Clerc |
| Starring | Jules Berry, Josseline Gaël Sessue Hayakawa |
| Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
| Edited by | Charlotte Guilbert |
| Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production company | Société Universelle de Films |
| Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Cast
edit- Jules Berry as Forestier
- Josseline Gaël as La princesse Armide Irénieff
- Saturnin Fabre as Ireniev
- Sessue Hayakawa as Matsui
- Aimé Clariond as Grégor
- Marcel Vallée as Ivan Barinov
- Alexandre Rignault as Tchérensky
- Léon Belières as Le directeur de l'usine
- Camille Bert as Dumanoir
- Georges Péclet as Le capitaine Karovine
- Jean Morel as Schmidt
- André Carnège as Kouratov
- Georges Paulais as Kramer
- Léonce Corne as Le patron du 'Soleil de minuit'
- Marinette Frankel as Katia
- Alfred Baillou as Le secrétaire
- Henri Charrett as Un ingénieur
- Maurice Devienne as Un ingénieur
- Ky Duyen as Le japonais
- Maurice Picard as Un ingénieur
- Jacqueline Pierreux
References
editBibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Miyao, Daisuke. Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom. Duke University Press, 2007.
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