Summer Light (film)

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Summer Light
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Directed by Jean Grémillon
Written by Pierre Laroche
Jacques Prévert
Produced by André Paulvé
Starring Madeleine Renaud
Pierre Brasseur
Madeleine Robinson
Cinematography Louis Page
Edited by Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by Roland Manuel
Production
company
Films André Paulvé
Distributed by DisCina
Release date
  • 26 May 1943 (1943-05-26)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Summer Light (French: Lumière d'été) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur and Madeleine Robinson. [1] [2]

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It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location at Soursac on the Dordogne. The film's sets were designed by the art director André Barsacq.

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References

  1. "Lumière d'été". UniFrance . Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. Crisp p.65

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