In the Eyes of Memory

In the Eyes of Memory

105 mins | Nov. 24, 1948

Director Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more conventional Aux Yeux du Souvenir (aka Souvenir and To the Eyes of Memory). The film is based on a true story, wherein an France airliner managed to survive a journey from Rio De Janeiro to Dakar with two of its engines incapacitated. To this already intensely dramatic situation has been added a romantic subplot involving Claire Magny (Michele Morgan) and Jacques Forester (Jean Marais). The love story adds very little to the film; fortunately, neither does it detract from the film's overall quality. As was the case with many French productions of the 1940s, Aux Yeux du Souvenir benefits immeasurably from the Wagnerian musical score by Georges Auric.

In the Eyes of Memory

105 mins | Nov. 24, 1948

In the Eyes of Memory
Director Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more conventional Aux Yeux du Souvenir (aka Souvenir and To the Eyes of Memory). The film is based on a true story, wherein an France airliner managed to survive a journey from Rio De Janeiro to Dakar with two of its engines incapacitated. To this already intensely dramatic situation has been added a romantic subplot involving Claire Magny (Michele Morgan) and Jacques Forester (Jean Marais). The love story adds very little to the film; fortunately, neither does it detract from the film's overall quality. As was the case with many French productions of the 1940s, Aux Yeux du Souvenir benefits immeasurably from the Wagnerian musical score by Georges Auric.
Producers Les Films Gibé
Original title Aux yeux du souvenir
Directors Jean Delannoy
Writers Georges Neveux, Jean Delannoy, Henri Jeanson

Cast

Michèle Morgan

as Claire Magny

Jean Marais

as Jacques Forestier

Jean Chevrier

as Commander Pierre Aubry

Robert Murzeau

as Paul Marcadout

René Simon

as Self

Jacques Louvigny

as The passenger

Jim Gérald

as Major

Jeannette Batti

as Ketty

Colette Mars

as Marcelle Marinier

Denise Precheur

as A hostess

Janine Viénot

as A hostess

Albert Duvaleix

as A passenger

Daniel Ivernel

as Bordas, the radio

Germaine Michel

as The landlady

Moune de Rivel

as The nightclub singer

Yette Lucas

as Ms Bastide

Jean Lagache

as A mechanic

Marfa d'Hervilly

as A passenger

Léon Arvel

as Doctor

Joëlle Bernard

as (uncredited)

Michèle Brabo

as (uncredited)

Lucien Carol

as (uncredited)

Nicole Courcel

as A student from the Simon course

Maurice Derville

as (uncredited)

Pierre Fromont

as (uncredited)

Guy Henry

as (uncredited)

Robert Hossein

as A student from the Simon course

Philipe Lemaire

as A pilot (uncredited)

Heddy Miller

as (uncredited)

André Nicard

as (uncredited)

Liliane Robert

as (uncredited)

Antoine Rossel

as (uncredited)

Pierre Roussel

as A steward (uncredited)

Marcel Rouzé

as (uncredited)