# The Kiss of Fire > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Kiss_of_Fire > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Kiss_of_Fire.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_of_Fire > Source revision: 1353823361 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1937 film directed by Augusto Genina The Kiss of Fire Directed by Augusto Genina Written by Marcel Achard Ernesto Grassi Henri Jeanson Based on Naples au baiser de feu by Auguste Bailly Produced by Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim Starring Tino Rossi Michel Simon Mireille Balin Viviane Romance Cinematography Robert Lefebvre Edited by Louisette Hautecoeur Music by Vincent Scotto Production company Paris Film Productions Distributed by Les Films Vog Release date 7 December 1937 (1937-12-07) Running time 83 minutes Country France Language French ***The Kiss of Fire*** ([French](/source/French_language): ***Naples au baiser de feu***) is a 1937 French [romantic comedy](/source/Romantic_comedy) film directed by [Augusto Genina](/source/Augusto_Genina) and starring [Tino Rossi](/source/Tino_Rossi), [Michel Simon](/source/Michel_Simon), [Mireille Balin](/source/Mireille_Balin) and [Viviane Romance](/source/Viviane_Romance).[1] The film is based on the 1924 novel *Naples au baiser de feu* by [Auguste Bailly](/source/Auguste_Bailly). It had previously been made as a 1925 silent film and was later adapted again for a remake, *[Napoli terra d'amore](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Napoli_terra_d%27amore&action=edit&redlink=1)*, in 1954. It was primarily shot at the [Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios](/source/Saint-Laurent-du-Var_Studios) in [Nice](/source/Nice) with some [location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) in [Naples](/source/Naples). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Guy de Gastyne](/source/Guy_de_Gastyne). ## Synopsis Mario Esposito a singer who performs in a [Naples](/source/Naples) [restaurant](/source/Restaurant) is in love with his owner's niece Assunta and wants to marry her. However through his friend Michel he encounters another woman, Lolita, who lures him away from his true love. Eventually he is able to see the mistake he is making. ## Cast - [Tino Rossi](/source/Tino_Rossi) as Mario Esposito - [Michel Simon](/source/Michel_Simon) as Michel - [Mireille Balin](/source/Mireille_Balin) as Assunta - [Marcel Dalio](/source/Marcel_Dalio) as Le photographe - [Viviane Romance](/source/Viviane_Romance) as Lolita - [Leda Ginelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leda_Ginelly&action=edit&redlink=1) as Sylvia - [Jane Loury](/source/Jane_Loury) as Tante Teresa - [Joe Alex](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Alex_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Le soutier - [Marcel Bauçay](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcel_Bau%C3%A7ay&action=edit&redlink=1) as l'écailler - [Lucien Callamand](/source/Lucien_Callamand) as Le dîneur - [Jean-François Martial](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Martial) as L'administrateur - [Georges Térof](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_T%C3%A9rof&action=edit&redlink=1) as Le vendeur ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Plastino & Sciorra p. 128 ## Bibliography - Goffredo Plastino & Joseph Sciorra. *Neapolitan Postcards: The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject*. Scarecrow Press, 2016. ## External links - [*The Kiss of Fire*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029293/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e The films of Augusto Genina Goodbye Youth (1918) The Prince of the Impossible (1918) The Beautiful Wife (1924) The Hearth Turned Off (1925) The Last Lord (1926) Goodbye Youth (1927) The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927) The Story of a Little Parisian (1928) Scampolo (1928) Love's Masquerade (1928) Latin Quarter (1929) Miss Europe (1930) The Darling of Paris (1931) The Lovers of Midnight (1931) The Woman Dressed as a Man (1932) We Are Not Children (1934) Forget Me Not (1935) The White Squadron (1936) Flowers from Nice (1936) The Phantom Gondola (1936) The Kiss of Fire (1937) Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering (1937) Castles in the Air (1939) The Siege of the Alcazar (1940) Bengasi (1942) Heaven over the Marshes (1949) Devotion (1950) Three Forbidden Stories (1952) Maddalena (1954) Frou-Frou (1955) This 1930s French comedy film–related article is a stub. 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