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Moscow Nights (1934 film)

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'Moscow Nights' (French: 'Les nuits moscovites') is a 1934 French war drama film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Annabella, Harry Baur and Pierre Richard-Willm.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.41

It is based on a story by Pierre Benot. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It marked the screen debut of the Corsican singer Tino Rossi who went on to star in a number of films.

The following year a separate British version 'Moscow Nights' was produced by London Films. Directed by Anthony Asquith the only actor to appear in both films was Harry Baur.

Synopsis



In Moscow during the First World War the attractive Natacha Kovrine agrees to marry a wealthy grain merchant under pressure from her mother. However, while working as a nurse in a hospital she meets the wounded Captain Ignatoff and falls in love with him. When he is arrested and false accused of treason, it appears that the only man who might be able to save him is her fiance.

Cast



* Annabella as Natacha Kovrine

* Harry Baur as Piotr Brioukow

* Pierre Richard-Willm as Le capitaine Ignatoff

* Germaine Dermoz as Madame Kovrine

* Roger Karl as Le colonel Kovrine

* Spinelly as Anna Sabline

* Ernest Ferny as Le capitaine Polonsky

* Jean Toulout as Le chef d'tat-major

* Paul Escoffier as Le gnral Molochof

* Paul Amiot as Le prsident de la cour martiale

* Tino Rossi as Le chanteur napolitain

* Mario Podesta as Le tzigane

* Daniel Mendaille as Un diplomate

* Youcca Troubetzkov as Le capitaine Alev

* Edmond Van Dale as Le mendiant

* Robert Seller as Fdor

References





Bibliography



* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. 'The A to Z of French Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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