The City of Lights

The City of Lights
Directed byJean de Limur
Written byFernand Crommelynck
Jean de Limur
Based onThe City of Lights by Jacques Floury
StarringMadeleine Robinson
Daniel Lecourtois
Claire Gérard
CinematographyWilly Faktorovitch
Jean-Paul Goreaud
Edited byJacques Grassi
Music byBert Reisfeld
Louis Wins
Production
company
Production CDL
Distributed byCompagnie Universelle Cinématographique
Release date
  • 8 December 1938 (1938-12-08)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The City of Lights (French: La Cité des lumières) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Lecourtois, and Claire Gérard.[1][2][3] The film's sets were designed by art director Émile Duquesne.

Synopsis

Madeleine Pascard a university student falls in love with the assistant of a doctor, but also attracts the interest of the doctor's son. This leads to conflict between the two. When her own father dies leaving her financially ruined Madeleine has to leave her studies and finds work as a taxi dancer. Her friend, who has lost touch with her, runs into her suddenly one night at the dance hall and reproves her for taking on such work. However the rift is ultimately healed.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Rège p.643
  2. ^ Crisp p.312
  3. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/37918/la-cite-des-lumieres

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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