Return to Life (film)

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.^[1]

Return to Life
Film poster
Directed by	Georges Lampin André Cayatte Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Dréville
Written by	Charles Spaak
Produced by	Jacques Roitfeld
Cinematography	Nicolas Hayer Louis Page
Release date	14 November 1949 (1949-11-14)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Paul Azaïs as the captain
• Bernard Blier as Gaston
• Jean Brochard as the Hotel tender
• Léonce Corne as Virolet
• Janine Darcey as Mary
• Max Elloy as the old barman
• Louis Florencie as the chief of police
• Paul Frankeur as the maire
• Jacques Hilling as a soldier
• Louis Jouvet as Jean Girard
• Léon Larive as Jules, the guard
• Héléna Manson as Simone
• Marie-France Plumer as Aunt Berth
• Noël-Noël as René
• Jeanne Pérez as the mother
• François Périer as Antoine
• Serge Reggiani as Louis, the husband of the young German
• Patricia Roc as Lieutenant Evelyne
• Noël Roquevert as the commander
• Maurice Schutz as the old man

See also

• Henri-Georges Clouzot filmography

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Return to Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2009.

External links

• Return to Life at IMDb