---
title: 'When the Night Falls (2026)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Daniel Auteuil'
released: '2026-05-17'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/when-the-night-falls-2026'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35422726/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# When the Night Falls (2026)

2026 · History · France

Original title: La Troisième Nuit

## Synopsis

When the Night Falls is a 2026 French historical drama film co-written, directed and starring Daniel Auteuil. It follows the true story of a mission to rescue of more than one hundred Jewish children from an internment camp near Lyon in August 1942, during the Holocaust.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Daniel Auteuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-auteuil)
- **Screenplay:** [Daniel Auteuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-auteuil), [Camille Lugan](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-lugan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-François Hensgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-hensgens)
- **Editor:** [Valérie Deseine](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-deseine)

## Cast

- [Daniel Auteuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-auteuil) as Alexandre Glasberg
- [Antoine Reinartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-reinartz) as Gilbert Lesage
- [Grégory Gadebois](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-gadebois)
- [Luàna Bajrami](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-bajrami)

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