Return to Life (film) explained

Return to Life
Director:	Georges Lampin André Cayatte Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Dréville
Producer:	Jacques Roitfeld
Cinematography:	Nicolas Hayer Louis Page
Runtime:	120 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

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]

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

Notes and References

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