Nights of Fire

Nights of Fire (French: Nuits de feu) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen and Madeleine Robinson.^[1][2]

Nights of Fire
Directed by	Marcel L'Herbier
Written by	Marcel L'Herbier T.H. Robert Jean Sarment
Based on	The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy
Produced by	Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Gaby Morlay Victor Francen Madeleine Robinson
Cinematography	Louis Née Armand Thirard
Edited by	Victor De Fast
Music by	Jean Wiener
Production company	Ciné-Alliance
Distributed by	Ciné-Alliance
Release date	16 April 1937 (1937-04-16)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Background

The scenario is based on the 1901 work The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy.^[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guy de Gastyne and Eugène Lourié while the costumes were by Georges Annenkov.

Cast

• Gaby Morlay as Lisa Andreieva
• Victor Francen as Fedor Andreiev
• George Rigaud as Serge Rostoff
• Madeleine Robinson as Macha
• Sinoël as the man at the jury court
• Mia Slavenska as the ballerina
• Paule Andral as Lisa's mother
• Gabriel Signoret as the substitute Bobinine
• Jeanne Lory as Misses Bobinine
• Odette Talazac as a gipsy
• André Nox as the president
• René Bergeron as an informer
• Jean Toulout as Balichev
• René Génin as Balichev's client
• Paulette Burguetas the photographer
• Albert Malbert as Le cocher
• Yvonne Yma as La femme du cocher
• Marguerite de Morlaye as Une spectatrice à l'opéra
• Luce Fabiole as Une invitée aux fiançailles
• Blanche Denège as Une invitée aux fiançailles
• Jeanne de Carol as Une invitée aux fiançailles
• Ernest Ferny as L'officier
• Charles Dorat as Un prisonnier
• Roger Monteaux as Le commissaire
• Titys as Un magistrat
• Roger Legris as Le jeune soldat
• Sylvain as Un soldat
• Robert Ozanne as Un soldat
• Robert Ralphy as Le secrétaire du procureur
• Jacques Beauvais as Le pêcheur
• Pierre Juvenet as Un invité