White Nights in Saint Petersburg | |
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Directed by | Jean Dréville |
Written by | André Legrand |
Based on | The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy |
Produced by | Jack Forrester André Parant |
Starring | Gaby Morlay Jean Yonnel Pierre Renoir |
Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
Edited by | Raymond Leboursier |
Music by | Adolphe Borchard |
Production company | Forrester-Parant Productions |
Distributed by | Forrester-Parant Productions |
Release date | 9 March 1938 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
White Nights in Saint Petersburg (French: Les nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Yonnel and Pierre Renoir.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the 1889 novella The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy.[3] It is sometimes known by this title, and should not be confused with the 1937 German film The Kreutzer Sonata directed by Veit Harlan. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Carré, Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard while the costume design was overseen by Boris Bilinsky.