Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
- italian
- countess
- debt
- black and white
- earring
- 19th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Charles Boyer
Général André de...
Danielle Darrieux
Comtesse Louise de...
Vittorio De Sica
Baron Fabrizio Donati
Jean Debucourt
Monsieur Rémy
- Jean Galland — Monsieur de Bernac
- Mireille Perrey — La Nourrice
- Paul Azaïs — Le premier cocher
- Jacques Josselin
- Hubert Noël — Henri de Maleville
- Lia Di Leo — Lola
- Gérard Buhr — Le douanier (uncredited)
- Jean Toulout — Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)
- Madeleine Barbulée — Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited)
- Charles Bayard — Un convive (uncredited)
- Jacques Beauvais — Un majordome (uncredited)
- Directed
- Max Ophüls
- Written
- Annette Wademant, Max Ophüls, Marcel Achard
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 258 ratings
- Studio
- Franco London Films, Indusfilms, Rizzoli Film
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
