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La tradition de minuit (1939)

La tradition de minuit poster
Original title
La Tradition de minuit
Directed by
Roger Richebé
Genre
drama film, film noir
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets entangled in a series of dangerous events after receiving a strange inheritance. The story follows his attempts to uncover the truth behind a dark secret.

mysterioustensedarkatmosphericnoirishsuspensefulgloomy

What happens

Midnight Tradition (French: La tradition de minuit) is a 1939 French mystery thriller film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant and Marcel Dalio. Based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Pierre Mac Orlan, the film was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris, and the sets were designed by the art directors René Renoux and Roland Quignon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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