Dark Sunday

Dark Sunday
Directed by	Jacqueline Audry
Written by	André Haguet Pierre Laroche André Legrand
Produced by	Claude Dolbert
Starring	Michèle Alfa Paul Bernard Marcelle Derrien
Cinematography	Gérard Perrin
Edited by	Pierre Delannoy
Music by	Marcel Landowski
Production company	Codo Cinema
Distributed by	Selb Films
Release date	17 November 1948 (1948-11-17)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Dark Sunday (French: Sombre dimanche) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien. 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

Bibliography

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

External links

• Dark Sunday at IMDb