Tell Me Tonight

1932 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy / Music

4
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 87 87

Plot summary

Opera singer Enrico Ferraro, tired of his too many engagements, jumps off the train escaping from his manager and changes to another going to the Riviera. He makes a friend and stops at a village, where (it seems) he can at last have some well deserved holidays, with the added interest of meeting a beautiful girl in the surroundings.

Director

Anatole Litvak Photo
Anatole Litvak

Top cast

Magda Schneider Photo
Magda Schneider as Mathilde
Charlotte Lysès Photo
Charlotte Lysès as Mme. Pategg
Charles Lamy Photo
Charles Lamy as Balthazar
Sinoël Photo
Sinoël
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782.41 MB
838*720
French 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 25 min
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1.42 GB
1248*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by chrisgresequecatala 2 / 10

Absolutely awful

This film is just an excuse to hear tenor Jan Kiepura sing.Pierre Brasseur is playing his usual roué, and is hamming it up: He is so annoying, one wants to slap him until kingdom come!Magda Schneider has very little to do but hop around and smile. Incidentally, her voice is dubbed by French actress Paulette Dubost, probably because she sounded too foreign.If you ever have 1h 20 minutes to kill, watch something else!
Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Singer for one day.

Everybody 's a fan of Enrico Ferraro ,everybody listens to his golden voice ,from the patient on the dentist's chair to the dogs;at the beck and call of a bossy manager ,he wants a rest .On a train ,he gives her the slip and meets an elegant dandy (Pierre Brasseur) who seems to be afraid of the police .In the town of Monève ,they exchange their identities ;while Koretzky (the false singer) is pampered by the mayor (and wife) ,the opera star is allowed to go for a drive in the country where he meets a pretty girl,Mathilde (Magda Schneider) ,who happens to be the mayor's daughter.This is a light comedy ,made by famous director Anatole Litvak who gave good movies ("the snake pit" "sorry wrong number" "Mayerling" "all this and Heaven" "the journey movie" ,to name but five)and was already a solid craftsman.There are really funny situations :the "program " the mayor wants his guest to enjoy (-unveiling of a statue /- a statue to whom?/Dunno!We'll find out) ;it includes the visit of a prison,the thought of which he does not find particularly appealing; the scratched record which fools the rather naive daughter;the serenade under the balcony which lets the cat out of the bag.Like many movies in the early thirties (see Duvivier,Siodmak ,Pabst),there were two versions :the French one in which the Germans like Schneider are dubbed and the German (Das Lied Einer Nacht" ) one in which it is the other way about.Oddly ,Henri -Georges Clouzot is credited as screenwriter ,but his numerous fans won't find the master's touch.Almost half a century later ,Magda Schneider's daughter ,the sadly missed Romy ,would team up with Pierre Brasseur's son,Claude, in Claude Sautet's "Une Histoire Simple" .
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