No Sun in Venice

No Sun in Venice is a 1957 French-Italian drama film directed by Roger Vadim and starring Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand and Robert Hossein. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. The soundtrack for the film was composed by pianist John Lewis, and performed by the Modern Jazz Quartet. The soundtrack album was released in 1957 on Atlantic. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean André.

Cast

Françoise Arnoul as Sophie
Christian Marquand as Michel Lafaurie
Robert Hossein as Sforzi
O. E. Hasse as Eric von Bergen
Franco Fabrizi as Busetti
as Bernard
Carlo Delle Piane as Jeannot
as Inspecteur
Lila Rocco as Lisa
Margaret Rung as Comtesse
Christian Cazau as Coco
Venantino Venantini
Daniel Emilfork

Production

The film was made by Roger Vadim and producer Raoul Levy, who had just made And God Created Woman which was yet to be released. It was based on an unpublished novel Vadim had written a few years before. Levy had it relocated from Paris to Italy and cast Francoise Arnoul as he did not want to risk casting Brigitte Bardot in case And God Created Woman was not a success.