The Fantastic Night
The Fantastic Night ★★★ La Nuit Fantastique 1942
Considering that this film was made in France during the Nazi occupation, it is a remarkably clear work. It's a fantasy about Denis (Gravey), who is visited by a beautiful woman (Presle) as he sleeps and then follows her through a series of adventures. According to the box copy, the star was working with the Resistance while he was making the film. French with subtitles. 90m/B VHS, DVD . FR Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Marcel Levesque, Christiane Nere; D: Marcel L'Herbier; W: Louis Chavance, Marcel L'Herbier; C: Pierre Montazel; M: Maurice Thiriet.
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