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Marguerite of the Night

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Original title

Marguerite de la nuit

Year

1955

Running time

125 min.

Country

France

Director

Claude Autant-Lara

Screenwriter

Claude Autant-Lara. Novel: Pierre Dumarchais

Cast

Music

René Cloërec

Cinematography

Jacques Natteau

Producer

Co-production France-Italy;

Gaumont, Del Duca Films. Producer: Alain Poiré, Cino del Duca

Genre

Drama. Fantasy | Melodrama

Synopsis

An updating of the Faust legend, with a dash of Fritz Lang's "Der Müde Tod", to a 1950's Paris recreated in vividly abstract expressionistic sets. The film cost a small fortune to make and was virtually ignored on its release, demolished with vitriol by the critics of the Cahier du cinema. Because of that, its reputation is virtually zero. The film is, in fact, a gem of inventive, imaginative, technically stunning filmmaking totally out of reach for most of the New Wave directors.

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Marguerite of the Night

1955

Claude Autant-Lara