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White Nights (Le notti bianche)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1957 |
| Running time: | 107 minutes |
| Cast: | Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Marcella Rovena, Maria Zanoli |
| Director: | Luchino Visconti |
| Writer: | Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Suso Cecchi d'Amico |
Description: Shy young Marcelo Mastroianni ambles across a bridge one evening, where he meets a strange but alluring girl (Maria Schell) who is awaiting her lover. This chance acquaintance is the first strand in a complex web entrapping Mastroianni in a dreamlike world of flashbacks, flashforwards and false visions. The girl, suspecting that her lover is staying at a nearby hotel, asks Mastroianni to deliver a note to the errant swain. He agrees--then destroys the note, setting the plot in motion. Updated from a 19th century story by Dostoyevsky, White Nights (Le Notti Bianche) was later refilmed by Robert Bresson as Four Nights of a Dreamer.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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