Return to Life (1949)
2h
Running Time
September 14, 1949Release Date
Return to Life (1949)
2h
Running Time
September 14, 1949Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Jane Marken
Aunt Bertha (segment 'Le retour de tante Emma')
Bernard Blier
Gaston (segment 1 : "Le retour de tante Emma")
Louis Jouvet
Jean Girard (segment 3 : "Le retour de Jean")
Patricia Roc
Lieutenant Evelyne (segment 'Le retour d'Antoine')
Noël-Noël
René (segment 4 : "Le retour de René")
François Périer
Antoine (segment 2 : "Le retour d'Antoine") (as François Perier)
André Cayatte
Director
Noël Roquevert
Commander (segment 'Le retour de Jean')
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Director
Jean Dréville
Director
Madeleine Gérôme
Young widow (segment 'Le retour de René')
Georges Lampin
Director
Serge Reggiani
Louis (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
Charles Spaak
Writer
Paul Frankeur
Mayor (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
Jean Ferry
Writer
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')
Jean Croué
Uncle Hector (segment 'Le retour de René')
François Patrice
Trafficker (segment 'Le retour de René')
Lucien Guervil
Old bachelor (segment 'Le retour de René')
Léonce Corne
Virolet (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
André Darnay
Teacher (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
Cécile Didier
Madame Froment (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
Elisabeth Hardy
Yvonne (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
Léon Larive
Jules (segment 'Le retour de Louis')
Paul Azaïs
Captain (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Madeleine Barbulée
(segment 'Le retour de Louis') (uncredited)
André Bervil
Bartender (segment 'Le retour de René' (uncredited)
Georges Bever
Gaston (segment 'Le retour de Jean') (uncredited)
Florence Brière
Gossip (segment *Le retour de Louis') (uncredited)
Anne Campion
Elsa (segment 'Le retour de Louis') (uncredited)
André Carnège
Colonel (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Suzanne Courtal
Concierge (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Delly Cousteau
(uncredited)
Maurice Derville
(uncredited)
Cécile Dylma
Waitress (segment 'Le retour de Jean') (uncredited)
Max Elloy
Old bartender (segment 'Le retour d'Antoine') (uncredited)
Louis Florencie
Commissioner (segment 'Le retour de Jean') (uncredited)
Lucien Frégis
Grocer (segment 'Le retour de Louis') (uncredited)
Jacques Gencel
Kid (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling
Soldier (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Jean Landier
(uncredited)
Mauricette Lhéron
(uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Soldier (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Jacques Mattler
Delegate (segment 'Le retour de René') (uncredited)
Véra Norman
(uncredited)
Jeanne Pérez
Mother (segment 'Le retour de Jean') (uncredited)
Mme. O. de Revinsky
Aunt Emma (segment'Le retour de tante Emma') (uncredited)
Germaine Stainval
Lodger (segment 'Le retour de Jean') (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
Inspector (segment 'Le retour de Jean') (uncredited)
Max Douy
Production Design / Art Direction
Jacques Lebreton
Sound
Nicolas Hayer
Cinematography
Louis Page
Cinematography
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 14, 1949
Original NameRetour à la vie
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Genres
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Wiki.
Return to Life (French: Retour à la vie) is a 1949 French drama portmanteau film in five parts directed by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean Dréville (who directed the last two parts). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.