Sait-on jamais... (1957)
Directed by Roger Vadim

Drama
aka: No Sun in Venice

Film Synopsis

For Michel, a photographer, it's love at first sight when he meets Sophie during his stay in Venice.  He does not know that Sophie is the mistress of the wealthy baron Eric von Bergen, a jealous and calculating man.  Von Bergen is so incensed by Michel's interest in Sophie that he ask his bodyguard, Sforzi, to do something about it.  In return, the baron tells Sforzi that he has put a large sum of money for her in a foreign bank account.  In an attempt to steal this money, Sforzi kills the baron and arranges matters so that Michel is the obvious suspect...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Roger Vadim
  • Script: Roger Vadim
  • Cinematographer: Armand Thirard
  • Music: John Lewis & Modern Jazz Quartet
  • Cast: Françoise Arnoul (Sophie), Christian Marquand (Michel Lafaurie), Robert Hossein (Sforzi), O.E. Hasse (Eric von Bergen), Franco Fabrizi (Busetti), Franco Andrei (Bernard), Carlo Delle Piane (Jeannot), Mario Passante (Inspecteur), Lila Rocco (Lisa), Margaret Rung (Comtesse), Christian Cazau (Coco), Venantino Venantini, Daniel Emilfork, Guy Henry
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Aka: No Sun in Venice

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