The Song of Night

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The Song of Night
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Directed by Anatole Litvak
Written by Albrecht Joseph
Irma von Cube
Produced by Arnold Pressburger
Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring Jan Kiepura
Magda Schneider
Fritz Schulz
Cinematography Robert Baberske
Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Mischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
  • 27 May 1932 (1932-05-27)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Song of Night (German: Das Lied einer Nacht) is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider and Fritz Schulz. [1] It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Lugano and Locarno. The film's sets were designed by Werner Schlichting. A separate English-language version Tell Me Tonight was made, also directed by Litvak. A French version One Night's Song was released in 1933.

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  1. Murphy p.381

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