Fantastic Night
1942, French. Directed by Marcel L'Herbier.
Denis, a poor student in philosophy, works as a night porter in the Paris market of Les Halles in order to pay for his studies. Constantly weary, he falls asleep and dreams of a beautiful girl in white, Irène, with whom he falls in love.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Marcel L'HerbierDirector
- Fernand GraveyDenis
- Micheline PresleIrène
- Saturnin FabreProfessor Thalès
- Charles GranvalAdalbert, blind man
- Bernard BlierLucien
- Marcel LévesqueDoctor Le Tellier
- Christiane NèreNina
- Jean ParédèsCadet
- Zita FioreAssistant
- Michel VitoldBoris
- Roger Caccia'Le fou-pendule'
- Paul FrankeurBoss of the bistro
Details
- Released
- 10 July 1942
- Original title
- La Nuit fantastique
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Louis Chavance
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Fantastic Night runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Fantastic Night isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 July 1942. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Fantastic Night?
Fantastic Night (1942) was directed by Marcel L'Herbier and stars Fernand Gravey, Micheline Presle, Saturnin Fabre.