Europe by Night
| Europe by Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alessandro Blasetti |
| Written by | Ennio De Concini Gualtiero Jacopetti |
| Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Carlo Savina |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 mins |
| Country | Italy |
Europe by Night (Italian: Europa di notte) is a 1959 Italian documentary film directed by Alessandro Blasetti.
Premise
A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more.
It features Coccinelle, one of the showgirls at Le Carrousel de Paris, a cabaret known for troupe of transgender performers.[1]
Reception
It grossed $450,000 in Italy.[2] Together with Luigi Vanzi's World By Night, it is considered precursor and main inspiration for the Mondo film genre.[3][4]
References
- ↑ McLelland, Mark (2005). Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4616-4160-5.
- ↑ "Two Yank-Italo Pix Italian hits". Variety. 22 July 1959. p. 14.
- ↑ Bayman, L.; Rigoletto, S. (17 January 2013). Popular Italian Cinema. Springer. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-137-30565-7.
- ↑ Ritzenhoff, Karen A.; McAvoy, Catriona (16 July 2015). Selling Sex on Screen: From Weimar Cinema to Zombie Porn. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4422-5354-4.
External links
- Europe by Night at IMDb
- European Nights at Letterbox DVD