The City of Lights | |
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Directed by | Jean de Limur |
Written by |
Fernand Crommelynck Jean de Limur |
Based on | The City of Lights by Jacques Floury |
Starring |
Madeleine Robinson Daniel Lecourtois Claire Gérard |
Cinematography |
Willy Faktorovitch Jean-Paul Goreaud |
Edited by | Jacques Grassi |
Music by |
Bert Reisfeld Louis Wins |
Production company | Production CDL |
Distributed by | Compagnie Universelle Cinématographique |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The City of Lights (French: La Cité des lumières) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Lecourtois, and Claire Gérard. [1] [2] [3] The film's sets were designed by art director Émile Duquesne.
Madeleine Pascard a university student falls in love with the assistant of a doctor, but also attracts the interest of the doctor's son. This leads to conflict between the two. When her own father dies leaving her financially ruined Madeleine has to leave her studies and finds work as a taxi dancer. Her friend, who has lost touch with her, runs into her suddenly one night at the dance hall and reproves her for taking on such work. However the rift is ultimately healed.