1929 film
The Night Belongs to Us Directed by Written by Produced by Carl Froelich Starring Cinematography Edited by Music by Production company
Distributed by Bild und Ton GmbH (Germany) Protex Pictures (US) Release dates
23 December 1929 (1929-12-23 ) (Germany)
20 February 1931 (1931-02-20 ) (US)
Running time
110 minutes Country Germany Language German
The Night Belongs to Us (German : Die Nacht gehört uns ), released in English as The Night Is Ours or The Night Belongs to Us , is a 1929 German sports romance film directed by Carl Froelich and Henry Roussel , and starring Hans Albers , Charlotte Ander , and Otto Wallburg .
Production
The film was based on a 1925 play by Henry Kistemaeckers . Art direction was by Franz Schroedter . It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios . The film's exterior scenes were shot on location in Sicily and the AVUS racetrack in Berlin , and was one of the first German sound films to be released during the transition from silent to sound. A separate French language version The Night Is Ours was also released, directed by Roger Lion .
Cast
References
Bibliography
Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945 . Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0 .
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