The Wonderful Night (1940)

  • NR
  • 12/24/1940 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 10m

Overview

A couple of refugees arrives in a village: he is a cabinet maker, she's pregnant and the innkeeper refuses to give them a room; they wind up in the cowshed of a farm where she gives birth to her baby, the very night of Christmas.

André-Paul Antoine

Screenplay

Jean-Paul Paulin

Director

Philippe Pétain

Screenplay

Cast

Fernandel's headshot

Fernandel

le berger
Charles Vanel's headshot

Charles Vanel

le fermier
Janine Darcey's headshot

Janine Darcey

la jeune femme
Jean Daurand's headshot

Jean Daurand

le mari
Milly Mathis's headshot

Milly Mathis

La paysanne
Madeleine Robinson's headshot

Madeleine Robinson

La réfugiée
Édouard Delmont's headshot

Édouard Delmont

Le vieux berger
Jean Aquistapace's headshot

Jean Aquistapace

Le voyageur

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