''Star Without Light'' (French: ''Étoile sans lumière'') is a 1946 French

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directed by Marcel Blistène and starring

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, Marcel Herrand and

Jules Berry Jules Berry (; born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor. Biography Early life Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 1 ...

.Gorlinski p.215 It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

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. The film is set in 1929.

Main cast

as Madeleine * Marcel Herrand as Roger Marney *

as Billy Daniel *

Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani (born Sergio Reggiani; 2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. After studying acting at the Conservato ...

as Gaston Lansac *

Mila Parély Mila Parély (7 October 1917 – 14 January 2012), born Olga Colette Peszynski, was a French actress of Polish ancestry best known for the roles of Félicie, Belle's eldest sister, in Jean Cocteau's '' La Belle et la Bête'' (1946), and as Ge ...

as Stella Dora *

Yves Montand Ivo Livi (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand (), was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Stignano, a ...

as Pierre * Colette Brosset as Lulu *

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as La script-girl * Jean Raymond as Paul * Pierre Farny *

Paul Frankeur Paul Frankeur (29 June 1905 – 27 October 1974) was a French actor who had a successful Hollywood career and appeared in films by Jacques Tati'','' such as ''Jour de fête'' and Luis Buñuel, including ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' ...

as Le reporter * Pierre Mindaist * Ginette Cantrin * Juliette Cransac * Georges Yvon * Jean Rozemberg *

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as Le producteur Darnois *

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as Mélanie

References

Bibliography

* Gorlinski, Gini. ''The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time''. Britannica Educational Publishing, 2009.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films Films set in 1929 Films directed by Marcel Blistène French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films shot at Francoeur Studios {{1940s-France-film-stub