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Return to Life(1949)

September 14, 19492h

64%User score 64 percent

User Score

16 votes

Overview

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville, André Cayatte
Writers: Charles Spaak, Jean Ferry, Henri-Georges Clouzot

Top Billed Cast

Bernard Blier
Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Jane Marken
Aunt Bertha (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
François Périer
Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Patricia Roc

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Lieutenant Evelyne (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Louis Jouvet

Jean Girard (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Noël Roquevert

Commander (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Noël-Noël

René (segment "Le retour de René")

Serge Reggiani

Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Paul Frankeur

Mayor (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Gisèle Préville

Lilian (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Tanis Chandler

Captain Betty (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Nane Germon

Henriette (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Héléna Manson

Simone (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Lucien Nat

Charles (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Janine Darcey

Mary (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Jean Brochard

Hotelier (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Monette Dinay

Juliette (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Jo Dest

German (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Léo Lapara

Bernard (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Maurice Schutz

Old man (segment "Le retour de Jean")

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Retour à la vie
Original language: French
Production: Les Films Marceau, Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld

Keywords

greed
intolerance
morphine
torture
post world war ii
unfaithful wife
woman soldier
misalliance

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