The Living Corpse / Nights of Fire
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Production year1937
French release16/04/1937
Runtime1 h 38 min
Synopsis
Andreiv, a public prosecutor, decides to sacrifice himself so that his wife can be freed to be with the man she really loves. Just as he is about ready to kill himself, someone saves him. However, the villagers assume that he has been killed by his wife.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (35)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Ciné Alliance
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
Full credits (14)
- Producer : Gregor Rabinovitch
- Dialogue Writer : Jean Sarment
- Music Composer : Jean Wiener
- Assistant Director : André Cerf
- Screenwriters : Marcel L'Herbier, T.H. Robert
- Director of Photography : Armand Thirard
- Sound Recordist : Robert Teisseire
- Costume designer : Georges Annenkov
- Editor : Victor De Fast
- Author of original work : Léon Tolstoï
- Camera Operator : Louis Née
- Production Manager : Simon Schiffrin
- Production Designers : Eugène Lourie, Guy De Gastyne
- Choreographer : Serge Lifar
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Justice
- Production language : French
- Premier pays de production : France
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1937
- French release : 16/04/1937
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 1826
- Visa issue date : 21/09/1939
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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An adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "The Living Corpse"
