Dark Sunday

1948 film

Dark Sunday

Directed by| Jacqueline Audry
Written by| André Haguet
Pierre Laroche
André Legrand
Produced by| Claude Dolbert
Starring| Michèle Alfa
Paul Bernard
Marcelle Derrien
Cinematography| Gérard Perrin
Edited by| Pierre Delannoy
Music by| Marcel Landowski

Production
company

Codo Cinema

Distributed by| Selb Films

Release date

* 17 November 1948 (1948-11-17)

Running time

| 84 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Dark Sunday (French: Sombre dimanche) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien.[1] The film takes its name from the French title of the song "Gloomy Sunday".

The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

## Synopsis

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In pre-war France, a Hungarian immigrant musician is left so saddened when he is rejected by the woman he loves that he writes an incredibly gloomy piece of music. A music publisher is impressed with it and decides to promote using a marketing gimmick. He will get a woman to pretend to attempt suicide because she is so moved by the song.

## Cast

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* Michèle Alfa as Michèle
* Paul Bernard as Bob
* Jacques Dacqmine as Jan Laszlo
* Marcel Dalio as Max - l'éditeur
* Marcelle Derrien as Maria
* Colette Mars as Colette - une chanteurse
* Charles Lemontier as Le commissaire de police
* Edmond Ardisson as Le portier
* Alfred Baillou as Toni
* Jean Debray as Un journaliste
* Jean-Jacques Dreux as Roger
* Annette Lajon as Une chanteuse
* Palmyre Levasseur as La logeuse
* Julien Maffre as Un policier
* Renaud Mary as César
* Gilbert Moreau as Un photographe
* Georges Paulais as Le directeur
* Michel Seldow as Le brocanteur
* Sylvain as Un chanteur
* Roger Vincent as Un monsieur
* André Pasdoc as Un chanteur

## References

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1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.451

## Bibliography

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* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986

## External links

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* Dark Sunday at IMDb

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Films directed by Jacqueline Audry

* The Misfortunes of Sophie (1946)
* Dark Sunday (1948)
* Gigi (1949)
* Minne (1950)
* Olivia (US title: The Pit of Loneliness) (1951)
* The Blonde Gypsy (1953)
* Huis clos (No Exit) (1954)
* Mitsou (1956)
* It's All Adam's Fault (1958)
* School for Coquettes (1958)
* Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959)
* Girl on the Road (1962)
* Bitter Fruit (1967)

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