Les Yeux noirs (1935) Directed by Viktor Tourjansky
Comedy / Drama
aka: Black Eyes
Film Synopsis
Russia, 1913. A widower raises his daughter and keeps her in
ignorance of the fact that he works as a maître d'hôtel in
a restaurant. The young woman meets a banker who has amorous
designs on her and takes her to the restaurant where her father
works. The banker is known to the girl's father and he wastes no
time chasing him away. The girl manages to console herself with
the love of her piano teacher.
Script: Viktor Tourjansky (story),
Robert Thoeren (story), Jean-Pierre Feydeau, Jacques Natanson (dialogue)
Cinematographer: Louis Née, Armand Thirard
Music: Michel Michelet
Cast:Harry Baur (Ivan Ivanovitch Petroff),
Simone Simon (Tania),
Jean-Pierre Aumont (Karpoff),
Jean-Max (Roudine),
Christiane Ribes (Une demi-mondaine),
Jeanne Brindeau (La gouvernante),
Pierre Labry (Le noceur),
André Dubosc (Le maître d'hôtel),
Guy Sloux (Le fêtard),
Nine Assia (Lucie),
Viviane Romance (La comtesse),
Jacques Berlioz (Le directeur),
Maxime Fabert (Un convive),
Claude Lehmann (Un jeune officier),
Léon Arvel (Un serveur du restaurant),
Raymond Aimos (Un serveur du restaurant),
Max Maxudian,
Georges Paulais,
Adrienne Trenkel,
Marguerite de Morlaye
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 80 min
Aka:Black Eyes ;
Dark Eyes
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.