Night Sun (1990)
1h 52m
Running Time
May 15, 1990Release Date
Plot.
Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel, Father Sergius, Night Sun stars Julian Sands as Sergio, a nobleman in 18th-century Italy who is expected to marry a duchess, Nastassja Kinski. Upon learning that she was previously the King's mistress, Sergio turns his back on society and becomes a monk. While at the hermitage he tries to resist all sexual temptations before him and soon becomes known as a miracle worker. Eventually he succumbs to a young seductress and knowing he is undeserving of the adulation, leaves the hermitage to travel around as a homeless beggar.
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Cast & Crew.
Julian Sands
Sergio Giuramondo
Nastassja Kinski
Cristina
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Matilda
Massimo Bonetti
Prince Santobuono
Rüdiger Vogler
King Charles
Margarita Lozano
Sergio's Mother
Sonia Gessner
Duchess Del Carpio
Paolo Taviani
Director
Vittorio Taviani
Director
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti
Duke Del Carpio
Leo Tolstoy
Writer
Patricia Millardet
Aurelia
Tonino Guerra
Writer
Pamela Villoresi
Giuseppina Giuramondo
Giuliani G. De Negri
Producer
Geppy Gleijeses
Bishop
Nicola Piovani
Composer
Tony Sperandeo
Gesuino
Salvatore Rossi
Eugenio
Matilde Piana
Peasant Woman
Teresa Brescianini
Concetta
Biagio Barone
Father Biagio
Ferdinando Murolo
Lawyer
Aleksander Mincer
Organ Player
Ubaldo Lo Presti
Minister
Carlo Luca De Ruggieri
Gesuino's Son
Maria Antonia Capotorto
Livia
Marco Di Stefano
Officer in Coach
Frank Jahn
Sound
Risa Kes
Casting
Roberto Perpignani
Editor
Giuseppe Lanci
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 15, 1990
Original NameIl sole anche di notte
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Filming LocationsBasilicata, Italy
Genres
Wiki.
The Sun Also Shines at Night (Italian: Il sole anche di notte, and also known as Night Sun) is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.The plot is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1911 posthumously published short story "Father Sergius". The court of Czar Nicholas I is replaced by that of Charles III of Spain when he was still Charles VII of Naples. All of the original Russian locations are replaced by ones in southern Italy.