The Night Angel
The Night Angel | |
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Cinematography | William O. Steiner |
Edited by | Emma Hill |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Night Angel is a 1931 American
Plot
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Sources from IMDB
In Prague, Czechoslovakia, Countess Von Martini's tavern is overrun by police and she is arrested for theft. City attorney Rudek Berkem is successful in his prosecution of her, and she is sentenced to two years in prison, while her beautiful daughter Yula is to be sent to a reformatory. Rudek's mother intervenes and arranges for Yula to go to a training school for nurses, despite Yula's resistance. Rudek visits Yula at the hospital and falls in love with her, but she knows their class difference and maintains a distance. After the Countess is paroled, Yula returns to the tavern, and Rudek seeks her out, despite his father's warning "Touch pitch and you will be marked with pitch."
Rudek's visit to Yula proves his love for her, but she sends him back to his fiancée, Theresa Masar, after realizing the impossibility of their union. Rudek's attentions inspire the jealousy of Biezl, the tavern's
Cast
- Nancy Carroll as Yula Martini
- Fredric March as Rudek Berken
- Phoebe Foster as Theresa Masar
- Alison Skipworth as Countess von Martini
- Alan Hale, Sr.as Biezel
- Hubert Druce as Vincent
- Katherine Emmet as Mrs. Berken
- Otis Sheridan as Schmidt
- E. Lewis Waller as Kafka
- Clarence Derwent as Rosenbach
- Charles Howard as Clown
- Doris Rankin as Matron
- Francine Dowd as Mitzi
- Cora Witherspoon as Head Nurse
- Francis Pierlot as Jan
References
- ^ "Movie Review - The Night Angel". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "The Night Angel (1931)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
External links
- The Night Angel at IMDb