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Ainsi finit notre nuit

Original title: So Ends Our Night
  • 1941
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
839
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Frances Dee, Fredric March, and Margaret Sullavan in Ainsi finit notre nuit (1941)
Dark RomancePolitical DramaDramaRomanceWar

Three German refugees during World War II are always hiding, constantly in fear of deportation.Three German refugees during World War II are always hiding, constantly in fear of deportation.Three German refugees during World War II are always hiding, constantly in fear of deportation.

  • Director
    • John Cromwell
  • Writers
    • Talbot Jennings
    • Erich Maria Remarque
  • Stars
    • Fredric March
    • Margaret Sullavan
    • Frances Dee
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    839
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Cromwell
    • Writers
      • Talbot Jennings
      • Erich Maria Remarque
    • Stars
      • Fredric March
      • Margaret Sullavan
      • Frances Dee
    • 20User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Josef Steiner
    Margaret Sullavan
    Margaret Sullavan
    • Ruth Holland
    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Marie Steiner
    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Ludwig Kern
    Anna Sten
    Anna Sten
    • Lilo
    Erich von Stroheim
    Erich von Stroheim
    • Brenner
    Allan Brett
    • Leo Marrill
    Joseph Cawthorn
    Joseph Cawthorn
    • Leopold Potzloch
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    • The Chicken
    Alexander Granach
    Alexander Granach
    • The Pole
    Roman Bohnen
    Roman Bohnen
    • Herr Kern
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Ammers
    • (as Sig Rumann)
    William Stack
    • Professor Meyer
    Lionel Royce
    Lionel Royce
    • Barnekrogg
    Ernst Deutsch
    Ernst Deutsch
    • Dr. Behr
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • Swiss Policeman
    Hans Schumm
    Hans Schumm
    • Kobel
    Walter O. Stahl
    • Police Captain
    • Director
      • John Cromwell
    • Writers
      • Talbot Jennings
      • Erich Maria Remarque
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    7SnoopyStyle

    fine wartime film

    It's 1937 Austria. Josef Steiner (Fredric March) and teenager Ludwig Kern (Glenn Ford) are picked up by the police. They and many others are on the run and in hiding from the Nazis. Josef is offered clemency to turn against the others including those who helped him escape the concentration camp. He had left behind his wife Marie (Frances Dee). Ludwig falls for fellow Jewish exile Ruth Holland (Margaret Sullavan). After Austria is taken over by the Nazis, Josef becomes a hunted man.

    This is a fine wartime film with one Oscar nomination under its belt. March and Ford are good. March has some powerful scenes while this is an early breakout role for Ford. I still think that the movie would be more powerful if it kept only one main character. More than anything, these journeys feel real and that's important during this time. It shows the oppressiveness of the police state and the callous cruelty of the Nazis.
    10mayo2338

    A midsummer nights nightmare

    The engaging,idiosyncratic genius of supporting players Leonid Kinskey, Sig Ruman ,et. al. is worth the viewing. The earnest, beseeching , concerned and compassionate soul of Margaret Sullavan is worth the viewing. The affable, unwontedly blithe and youthful Glenn Ford is worth the viewing. The fortitude , hope, courage ,and quiet valor of Frederick March is worth the viewing. The scene wherein March desperately seeks a last fleeting view of his wife, the ethereally beautiful Frances Dee ere the darkness of the Holocaust descends to engulf him beggars description.
    9RanchoTuVu

    passport to pre-war Europe

    Stateless refugees from Hitler's Germany must move from one country to the next in this realistic film from 1941. The realism is in the cast of actors other than the well known Glenn Ford, Frederic March, Frances Dee, and Margaret Sullavan, those playing the smaller but important parts of spies, sympathizers, officials, restaurateurs, nurses, etc...all with a keen eye for authenticity and details. As well, one of the best parts in the film is played by Erich Von Stroheim as an intelligent, sympathetic, and cunning SS officer who's out to arrest the non-conformist played in a terrific part by Frederic March. So while we follow the main characters and a touching love story and a biting role for March, the real value of the picture is the portrait it paints in its portrayals of the other people caught up in the pre-war manoeuvrings.
    7kenjha

    Uneven War Drama

    This film focuses on the plight of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. It is fairly well made but the script, based on a novel by famed writer Remarque, tends to wander rather aimlessly, making for a less than compelling film. March is fine as a man who has escaped from a concentration camp, leaving behind his beloved wife in Germany. In one of his earliest roles, baby-faced Ford turns in an impressive performance as March's fellow escapee. Sullavan, in one of her last films, is also good as Ford's love interest. Dee gets third billing, but has only a few minutes of screen time as March's wife. The film looks good visually, but the pacing leaves something to be desired.
    8Dave Godin

    A Brave, "Prematurely Anti-Fascist", Film

    The mind-numbing horror of Fascism in Germany was bad enough, even before the ultimate horror of the Holocaust was eventually made known, and "So Ends Our Night" was an extremely brave attempt in 1941 to bring home to the people of the USA, (before they entered WW2), the extent of repression and State-sanctioned bigotry that Nazi Germany had imposed on its people from the 30s onwards. Set within the context of a conventional Hollywood drama, it nevertheless pulled few punches and showed how tyrannical governments subject their people by gradually increasing degrees, and how freedom is eroded rather than outlawed overnight. Seeing it with post-Holocaust eyes makes its warning that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance, even more powerful and cogent, and it is a film that also manages to show that it is not governments that "bestow" freedom, but the determination and will of people themselves to maintain it. Well directed by John Cromwell, and with excellent performances from Frederic March and Margaret Sullivan, (who particularly seems to infuse her performance with genuine conviction), with welcome appearances from Anna Sten (a much better actress than has ever been fully recognised), and Erich von Stroheim, as well as a very young Glenn Ford. Although seldom remembered nowadays, this is a film that is well worth seeking out, and I don't think you will be disappointed if you do so. Highly recommended, and long overdue for critical rehabilitation.

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    • Trivia
      The author of the novel upon which this was based, Erich Maria Remarque, knew what it was like to be stateless. He wrote his book in 1939. He had his German citizenship stripped by the Nazi government the year before.
    • Quotes

      Ludwig Kern: What right do you have questioning me?

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      The credits are shown over a cloudy sky. The credits transition only during lightning flashes.

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    • Release date
      • February 27, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Así termina la noche
    • Production company
      • David L. Loew-Albert Lewin
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      • $900,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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