Dark Sunday

84 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Dark Sunday (French: Sombre dimanche) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien.^[1] The film takes its name from the French title of the song "Gloomy Sunday".

The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

Synopsis

In pre-war France, a Hungarian immigrant musician is left so saddened when he is rejected by the woman he loves that he writes an incredibly gloomy piece of music. A music publisher is impressed with it and decides to promote using a marketing gimmick. He will get a woman to pretend to attempt suicide because she is so moved by the song.

Cast

• Michèle Alfa as Michèle
• Paul Bernard as Bob
• Jacques Dacqmine as Jan Laszlo
• Marcel Dalio as Max - l'éditeur
• Marcelle Derrien as Maria
• Colette Mars as Colette - une chanteurse
• Charles Lemontier as Le commissaire de police
• Edmond Ardisson as Le portier
• Alfred Baillou as Toni
• Jean Debray as Un journaliste
• Jean-Jacques Dreux as Roger
• Annette Lajon as Une chanteuse
• Palmyre Levasseur as La logeuse
• Julien Maffre as Un policier
• Renaud Mary as César
• Gilbert Moreau as Un photographe
• Georges Paulais as Le directeur
• Michel Seldow as Le brocanteur
• Sylvain as Un chanteur
• Roger Vincent as Un monsieur
• André Pasdoc as Un chanteur

References

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986

External links

• Dark Sunday at IMDb