Dans la nuit (1929)

Directed by

Charles Vanel

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disfigured worker hides his face behind a mask from his unfaithful wife. The film is a somber drama with an imposed happy ending.

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What happens

Dans la nuit (English: In the Night) is a 1929 French silent film by Charles Vanel. The film is a macabre drama about a disfigured worker who wears a mask to hide his face from his unfaithful wife. The producers imposed a happy ending on the film. Louis Sclavis recorded a jazz soundtrack album Dans la nuit for ECM in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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