Le Soleil de minuit (1943)
Going to take up his post in Moukden, the forest engineer finds in a trainer from the cabaret "the midnight sun" a Russian princess, Armide, whom he once loved. He had met her in 1917 when the princess and her father were driven from their domain. Prince Ireniev is a gambler, a trickster, a matchmaker. Out of love for Armide, Forestier flew, and yet when he finds the two wrecks, he cannot resist. Abandoning everything, his position and his honor, he leaves with the woman of his destiny.
- Date of release
- 1943-06-30
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Bernard-Roland
Casting
- Jules Berry — Forestier
- Josseline Gaël — Princess Armide Irénieff
- Saturnin Fabre — Ireniev
- Sessue Hayakawa — Matsui
- Aimé Clariond — Grégor
- Marcel Vallée — Ivan Barinov
- Alexandre Rignault — Tchérensky
- Léon Bélières — Factory manager
- Camille Bert — Dumanoir
- Georges Péclet — Captain Karovine
- Jean Morel — Schmidt
- André Carnège — Kouratov
Interesting facts
The Midnight Sun is a 1943 French adventure film directed by Bernard-Roland and starring Jules Berry, Josseline Gaël and Sessue Hayakawa. It is based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoît. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Dumesnil.
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