Night in May

Night in May (French: Nuit de mai) is a 1934 French-German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky and Raoul Ploquin. It starred Käthe von Nagy, Fernand Gravey and Annie Ducaux. It is the French-language version of UFA's The Young Baron Neuhaus. Such multi-language versions were common during the early years of sound film before dubbing became more widespread.

Night in May
French	Nuit de mai
Directed by	Henri Chomette Gustav Ucicky Raoul Ploquin
Written by	Jacques Bousquet Henri Chomette Stephan Kamare (play) Gerhard Menzel Gustav Ucicky
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Käthe von Nagy Fernand Gravey Annie Ducaux
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Eduard von Borsody
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production companies	UFA ACE
Distributed by	ACE
Release date	12 October 1934 (1934-10-12)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig.

Plot

Baron Neuhaus is in charge of police matters at the court of Maria Theresa. He is tasked with searching for a man who gained access to the home of Countess Christel. But the case is actually about himself, who entered the residence to thank the Countess's maid.

Cast

• Käthe von Nagy as Countess Christel Palm
• Fernand Gravey as Baron Neuhaus
• Annie Ducaux as Empress Marie-Thérèse
• Monette Dinay as Toni
• Lucien Baroux as Monsieur Stockel
• Marguerite Templey as Madame Stockel
• Katia Lova as Josefa
• Alexandre Rignault as Gaysberger
• Lucien Dayle as Leiner
• Georges Morton as judge
• Raoul Marco as sergeant
• Raymond Aimos as Stumm
• Jean Bara
• Lilian Claude Barghon as the little girl
• Jeanne de Carol
• Henri Chomette
• Dina Cocea
• Eugène Dumas
• Fernand Frey
• Micheline Masson
• Pierre Piérade
• Philippe Richard
• Sinoël

External links

• Night in May at IMDb