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It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer

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It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer
Directed byAndré Haguet
Written byAndré Haguet
André Legrand
Based onIt Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer by Gilbert Cesbron
Produced byLouis Brunet
StarringPierre Fresnay
Raymond Rouleau
Jean Debucourt
Jeanne Moreau
CinematographyLucien Joulin
Edited byCharles Bretoneiche
Music byMaurice-Paul Guillot
Production
company
Nordia Films
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
  • 19 November 1952 (1952-11-19)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer (French: Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer) is a 1952 French biographical drama film directed by André Haguet and starring Pierre Fresnay, Raymond Rouleau and Jean Debucourt.[1] The film was adapted from a play of the same title by Gilbert Cesbron based on the life of Albert Schweitzer.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Gabon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. The film was released the same year that Schweitzer was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Before the First World War Alsatian humanitarian Albert Schweitzer travels to French Equatorial Africa to do battle against infectious diseases that afflict the inhabitants. However the outbreak of war leads to his being interned.

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Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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