Dark Sunday (French: Sombre dimanche) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Michèle Alfa, Paul Bernard and Marcelle Derrien.[Bessy & Chirat p.451] The film takes its name from the French title of the song "Gloomy Sunday".
The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.
Synopsis
In pre-war France, a
Hungary immigrant musician is left so saddened when he is rejected by the woman he loves that he writes an incredibly gloomy piece of music. A
music publisher is impressed with it and decides to promote using a marketing gimmick. He will get a woman to pretend to attempt suicide because she is so moved by the song.
Cast
Bibliography
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Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
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