L'Inconnu d'un soir
Synopsis
Edith, a young orphan, is exploited as a waitress and bullied by her adoptive father. But she has a dream: she wants to become a star. One day the Orient Express, which never stops at the little station across the café she works in, is forced to pull up due to a technical incident. And out of a carriage gets ... a company of dancers, who start rehearsing before Edith's amazed eyes. She meets the director of the company, handsome dancing star Harry Belmont, who takes an interest in her beauty and in her natural talent. When she leaves her obnoxious father for Vienna, Harry is absent. She nearly gets seduced by a libidinous man but, after a narrow escape, she gets a job from Treberg, the owner of the restaurant she had dined in. Treberg finds her there, hires her as a dancer and the pair soon meets tremendous success. A star is born but, realizing that he comes second to her, he prefers to vanish. Edith, now known by stage name Marie-Ange, becomes a solo hit as a dancer and singer. In P...
Credits
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Arta Films
- Foreign production company : Berna Filmproduktion
- French distribution : Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Edouard Hoesch
- Adaptation : André Legrand
- Screenwriters : Siegfried Bernfeld, Karl Farkas
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Farkas
- Music Composer : Henri Forterre
- Production Manager : Georges Dancigers
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Music
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Austria, France
