Return to Life

Return to Life

120 mins | Drama | Sept. 14, 1949

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.

Return to Life

120 mins | Drama | Sept. 14, 1949

Return to Life
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, Les Films Marceau
Original title Retour à la vie
Directors Jean Dréville, Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot
Writers Jean Ferry, Charles Spaak, Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast

Bernard Blier

as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Jane Marken

as Aunt Bertha (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

François Périer

as Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Patricia Roc

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

Louis Jouvet

as Jean Girard (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Noël Roquevert

as Commander (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Noël-Noël

as René (segment "Le retour de René")

Madeleine Gérôme

as Young widow (segment "Le retour de René")

Serge Reggiani

as Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Paul Frankeur

as Mayor (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Gisèle Préville

as Lilian (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Tanis Chandler

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

Nane Germon

as Henriette (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Héléna Manson

as Simone (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Lucien Nat

as Charles (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")

Janine Darcey

as Mary (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Jean Brochard

as Hotelier (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Monette Dinay

as Juliette (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Jo Dest

as German (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Léo Lapara

as Bernard (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Maurice Schutz

as Old man (segment "Le retour de Jean")

Jean Croué

as Uncle Hector (segment "Le retour de René")

François Patrice

as Trafficker (segment "Le retour de René")

Lucien Guervil

as Old bachelor (segment "Le retour de René")

Léonce Corne

as Virolet (segment "Le retour de Louis")

André Darnay

as Teacher (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Cécile Didier

as Madame Froment (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Elisabeth Hardy

as Yvonne (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Léon Larive

as Jules (segment "Le retour de Louis")

Paul Azaïs

as Captain (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Madeleine Barbulée

as (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)

André Bervil

as Bartender (segment "Le retour de René" (uncredited)

Georges Bever

as Gaston (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)

Florence Brière

as Gossip (segment *Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)

Anne Campion

as Elsa (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)

André Carnège

as Colonel (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Suzanne Courtal

as Concierge (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Delly Cousteau

as (uncredited)

Maurice Derville

as (uncredited)

Cécile Dylma

as Waitress (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)

Max Elloy

as Old bartender (segment "Le retour d'Antoine") (uncredited)

Louis Florencie

as Commissioner (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)

Lucien Frégis

as Grocer (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)

Jacques Gencel

as Kid (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Jacques Hilling

as Soldier (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Jean Landier

as (uncredited)

Mauricette Lhéron

as (uncredited)

Julien Maffre

as Soldier (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Jacques Mattler

as Delegate (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)

Véra Norman

as (uncredited)

Jeanne Pérez

as Mother (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)

Mme. O. de Revinsky

as Aunt Emma (segment"Le retour de tante Emma") (uncredited)

Germaine Stainval

as Lodger (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)

Jean Sylvère

as Inspector (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)