The Night Is My Kingdom

The Night Is My Kingdom
Directed by	Georges Lacombe
Written by	Marcel Rivet Charles Spaak
Produced by	Pierre Gérin
Starring	Jean Gabin Simone Valère Gérard Oury
Cinematography	Philippe Agostini
Edited by	Suzanne Rondeau Henri Taverna
Music by	Yves Baudrier
Production company	Les Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed by	DisCina
Release date	9 August 1951 (1951-08-09)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Night Is My Kingdom (French: La nuit est mon royaume) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Simone Valère and Gérard Oury.^[1] Gabin was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rino Mondellini and René Moulaert.

Main cast

• Jean Gabin as Raymond Pinsard
• Simone Valère as Louise Louveau
• Gérard Oury as Lionel Moreau
• Jacques Dynam as Jean Gaillard
• Marthe Mercadier as Simone
• Cécile Didier as Mme. Pinsard
• Marcelle Arnold as Germaine Latour
• Paul Azaïs as Loustaud
• Georges Lannes as Dr. Vaugeois
• Robert Arnoux as Julien Latour
• Suzanne Dehelly as Soeur Gabrielle
• Maurice Pallatier
• Philippe Richard as Le directeur
• Rivers Cadet as Le père de Simone
• Madeleine Gérôme as La mére
• Colette Régis as Mme Turgot

References

1. Aitken p.754

Bibliography

• Aitken, Ian. The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• The Night Is My Kingdom at IMDb