Preceded by: Pathé Journal (newsreels, 1946). ------------------ (Gates of the Night). Carné and Prévert's last completed work together is set in Paris against a stark picture of the problems of the immediate postwar period: the black market, the return of war profiteers from London, collaborators who grew rich and others who fear punishment. In the foreground is an allegorical melodrama about a man (Yves Montand) who is introduced to "the most beautiful woman in the world" (Nathalie Nattier) by a vagrant musician who calls himself Fate. Between night and dawn, the relationship between them and the woman's husband and collaborationist brother is played out. Based on a ballet that Prévert had written in '45, and scripted originally for Dietrich and Gabin, the film was a resounding commercial failure. But its failure "was due less to its weaknesses than to its good qualities," Georges Sadoul points out, setting the stage for a rediscovered classic.