Retour à la vie (1949) - film review
Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville
Drama

Summary
In May 1945, two million French prisoners-of-war and political
deportees are liberated by the allies. This is the story of five
of them after they arrived back home.
1. Emma is dying and thinks that her family will take care of her, but all they are interested in is their inheritance.
2. Antoine finds work as a barman in a hotel which has been requisitioned by the American army to provide accommodation for the Women’s Army Corps.
3. Jean, injured in the war, provides shelter for a wanted German criminal so that he can question him and begin to understand his motives.
4. René discovers that his beloved wife did not wait for him to return and instead left him for another man.
5. Louis introduces his family and friends to the German woman he loves.
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
1. Emma is dying and thinks that her family will take care of her, but all they are interested in is their inheritance.
2. Antoine finds work as a barman in a hotel which has been requisitioned by the American army to provide accommodation for the Women’s Army Corps.
3. Jean, injured in the war, provides shelter for a wanted German criminal so that he can question him and begin to understand his motives.
4. René discovers that his beloved wife did not wait for him to return and instead left him for another man.
5. Louis introduces his family and friends to the German woman he loves.
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville
- Script: Charles Spaak
- Photo: Nicolas Hayer, Louis Page
- Cast: Bernard Blier (Gaston), Anne Campion (Elsa, la jeune allemande), Tanis Chandler (Capt. Betty), Léonce Corne (Virolet), Elisabeth Hardy (Yvonne), Louis Jouvet (Jean Girard), Léo Lapara (Bernard), Léon Larive (Jules), Héléna Manson (Simone), Jane Marken (Tante Berthe), François Périer (Antoine), Gisèle Préville (Lilian), Serge Reggiani (Louis), Patricia Roc (Lt. Evelyne), Noël Roquevert (Le commandant)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 120 min; B&W
- Aka: Return to Life
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