Thus Finishes the Night

{{short description|1949 film directed by Emil E. Reinert}} {{Infobox film | name = Thus Finishes the Night | image = Thus Finishes the Night.jpg | caption = | director = [[Emil E. Reinert]] | producer = [[Robert Woog]] | writer = [[René Jolivet]] [[Jacques Natanson]] [[Henri Schneider]] | starring = [[Anne Vernon]] [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] [[Henri Guisol]] | music = [[Joe Hajos]] | cinematography = [[Roger Dormoy]] | editing = [[Isabelle Elman]] | studio = Films Metzger et Woog | distributor = [[Les Films Corona]] [[Les Films Osso]] (Belgium) | released = {{Film date|1949|08|17|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = France | language = [[French language|French]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Thus Finishes the Night''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Ainsi finite la nuit'''}}) is a 1949 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Emil E. Reinert]] and starring [[Anne Vernon]], [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] and [[Henri Guisol]].<ref>Rège p.540</ref> It was shot at the [[Billancourt Studios]] in [[Paris]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Lucien Aguettand]].

==Synopsis== A woman begins an affair with a [[concert pianist]].

==Cast== * [[Anne Vernon]] as Catherine Beryl * [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] as Le pianiste André Fuger * [[Henri Guisol]] as Le procureur Georges Beryl * [[Katherine Kath]] as Une voyageuse * [[André Versini]] as Le commis-voyageur Guy Moret * [[Albert Duvaleix]] as Prunier - le concierge du théâtre * [[Gilberte Géniat]] as Jeannette * [[Mona Dol]] as La mère de Catherine * [[Albert Michel]] as Le contrôleur * [[Hennery]] as Ernest * [[Léon Pauléon]] as Un voyageur

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0197217}}

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