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Return To Life
''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. 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 Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film act ...
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Georges Lampin
Georges Lampin (14 October 1901 – 8 May 1979) was a French actor and film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963. Selected filmography Director * ''The Idiot (1946 film), The Idiot'' (1946) * ''Eternal Conflict (film), Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * ''Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950) * ''Passion (1951 film), Passion'' (1951) * ''The House on the Dune (1952 film), The House on the Dune'' (1952) * ''Follow That Man (1953 film), Follow That Man'' (1953) * ''Crime and Punishment (1956 film), Crime and Punishment'' (1956) * ''Meeting in Paris'' (1956) * ''La Tour, prends garde !'' (1958) * ''Mathias Sandorf (1963 film), Mathias Sandorf'' (1963) Actor * ''Carmen (1926 film), Carmen'' (1926) * ''Napoleon (1927 film), Napoleon'' (1927) Producer * ''Adrienne Lecouvreur (film), Adrienne Lecouvreur'' (1938) References External links

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Jacques Hilling
Jacques Hilling (26 May 1922 – 16 February 1975) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1949 and 1975. Selected filmography * ''Return to Life'' (1949) - Un soldat (segment 4 : "Le retour de René") (uncredited) * ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) - Bit part (uncredited) * '' The Red Rose'' (1951) - M. Guillet * ''Good Enough to Eat'' (1951) - Pou - le frère de Madame de Mergrand * ''Pas de vacances pour Monsieur le Maire'' (1951) - Le docteur * ''La Putain respectueuse'' (1952) - L'ivrogne du night-club * ''Open Letter'' (1953) - Le flic - M. Pépin * '' Les Compagnes de la nuit'' (1953) - Le concierge (uncredited) * ''Thérèse Raquin'' (1953) * '' Virgile'' (1953) - Le professeur * '' Le Guérisseur'' (1953) - Un journaliste * '' Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' (1954) - Le roi Dagobert / Un marcheur * '' Les Diaboliques'' (1955) - L'employé de la morgue * ''French Cancan'' (1955) - Le chirurgien (uncredited) * '' Bedevilled'' (1955) - Taxi D ...
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1949 Films
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1949 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 26–June 21 – Ealing comedies ''Passport to Pimlico'', '' Whisky Galore!'' and ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' are released in the UK, leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. *November 15 – Following the prior year's Supreme Court decision in ''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', Paramount Pictures is split into two separate companies with the creation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for production-distribution and United Paramount Theaters for the theater operations. *December 21 – Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'', starring Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, and Henry Wilcoxon, receives its televised world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City. The film opens in Los Angeles on Janu ...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot Filmography
Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, writer and producer. He contributed to many projects as either the writer, director, producer, or a combination of the three. His first feature film was Tout pour l'amour (1933) and as a sole director the first was the 1942 mystery ''The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' (french: links=no, L'Assassin Habite au 21), which featured Clouzot as both screenwriter and director. After the release of ''The Raven'' (french: links=no, Le Corbeau), Clouzot found himself barred from making movies until 1947. Clouzot was later embraced by international critics and audiences following the release of ''The Wages of Fear'' (french: links=no, Le Salaire de la Peur) and '' Diabolique'' (french: links=no, Les Diaboliques). Clouzot's declining health interfered with his later work and made it necessary to abandon his production of '' L'Enfer''. He released his final film ''La Prisonnière'' in 1966. ''L'Enfers script was filmed by Claude Chabrol in 1994. ...
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Maurice Schutz
Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film actor. He starred in some 91 films between 1918 and 1952. Selected filmography * ''Quatre-vingt-treize'' (1920) * '' Au-delà des lois humaines'' (1920) * ''The Three Masks'' (1921) * '' Tillers of the Soil'' (1923) * '' Little Jacques'' (1923) * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''Montmartre'' (1925) * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926) * ''Napoléon'' (1927) * ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' (1928) * '' Verdun: Visions of History'' (1928) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''A Foolish Maiden'' (1929) * ''The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) * ''Vampyr'' (1932) * ''Fantômas'' (1932) * ''Pasteur'' (1935) * ''The Call of Silence'' (1936) * ''The Assault'' (1936) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * ''Gargousse'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''La Symphonie fantastique'' (1942) * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * '' The Murderer is Not Guilty'' (1946) * ''The Village of Wrath'' (1947) ...
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Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married to stage and film actress Paulette Noizeux. He died in Douarnenez, France, aged 80. Partial filmography * '' Miarka'' (1937) * ''Barnabé'' (1938) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' Thérèse Martin'' (1939) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) * ''Paris-New York'' (1940) * ''Sing Anyway'' (1940) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' The Trump Card'' (1942) * ''La Main du diable'' (1943) * ''Le Corbeau'' (1943) * '' Pierre and Jean'' (1943) * ''The Last Penny'' (1946) * ''The Sea Rose'' (1946) * ''Song of the Clouds'' (1946) * '' The Lost Village'' (1947) * '' Destiny Has Fun'' (1947) * ''Antoine and Antoinette'' (1947) * '' Dernier refuge'' (1947) * '' Croisière pour l'inconnu'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' (1949) * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * ...
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Patricia Roc
Patricia Roc (born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold; 7 June 1915 – 30 December 2003) was an English film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as ''Madonna of the Seven Moons'' (1945) and ''The Wicked Lady'' (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, ''Canyon Passage'' (1946). She also appeared in ''Millions Like Us'' (1943), '' Jassy'' (1945), '' The Brothers'' (1947) and '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1947). She was employed by the studio of J. Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty". She achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios. She did little acting work after the death of her second husband in 1954, making only a few television appearances including the first episode of ''The Saint''. Early life Born in Hampstead, London, to apparently unmarried parents, the daughter of Felix Herold, a paper merchant, and Miriam (née Angell). In 1922, her half ...
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Serge Reggiani
Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer. He was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy and moved to France with his parents at the age of eight. After studying acting at the Conservatoire des arts cinématographiques, he was discovered by Jean Cocteau and appeared in the wartime production of ''Les Parents terribles''. He then left Paris to join the French Resistance. His first feature film was ''Les portes de la nuit'' ("Gates of the Night"), released in 1946. He went on to perform in 80 films in total, including ''Casque d'or'', ''Les Misérables'' (1958),'' Tutti a casa'', '' Le Doulos'', ''Il Gattopardo'', '' La terrazza'', '' The Pianist'' (1998). Reggiani also triumphed in the theatre in 1959 with his performance in Jean-Paul Sartre's play '' Les Séquestrés d'Altona''. In 1961, Reggiani co-starred with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier in the film ''Paris Blues'', filmed on location in Paris. In 1965, at the age of 43, he began a sec ...
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François Périer
François Périer (born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996, with notable excursion into the French avant-garde. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his best-known parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's '' Les Mains Sales'' in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version of ''Fantasia'', and made several commercial audio recordings (with commentary) popularizing classical music in France. In 1957 he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' Gervaise''. Life Périer was born in Paris, France, on 10 November 1919. He had two daughters with his first wife, Jacqueline Porel: photographer Jean-Marie and journalist Anne-Marie. He died on 29 June 2002 in Paris of a heart attack during his sleep. His remains were interred at Passy Cemetery in Paris next ...
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Jeanne Pérez
Jeanne Pérez (28 September 1894 – 11 May 1975) was a French film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1930 and 1975. Filmography References External links * 1894 births 1975 deaths French film actresses People from Castelsarrasin 20th-century French actresses {{france-film-actor-stub ...
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Noël-Noël
Noël-Noël (born Lucien Noël, 9 August 1897 – 5 October 1989) was a French actor and screenwriter. Partial filmography * ''La prison en folie'' (1931) - Yves Larsac * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) - Léon Mirol * '' Mistigri'' (1931) - Zamore * ''La brigade du bruit'' (1931) * '' A Father Without Knowing It'' (1932) - Léon Jacquet * ''Monsieur Albert'' (1932) - Monsieur Albert * ''Mon coeur balance'' (1932) - Le comte Noel * ''A Star Disappears'' (1932) - Himself * ''Pour vivre heureux'' (1932) - Jean Mauclair * ''Les jeux sont faits'' (1932) * ''Mannequin'' (1933) - Alfred * ''Vive la compagnie'' (1934) - Jean-Jacques Bonneval * ''Une fois dans la vie'' (1934) - Léon Saval * ''Adémaï aviateur'' (1934) - Adémaï * ''Mam'zelle Spahi'' (1934) - Bréchu - l'ordonnance du colonel * ''Adémaï au moyen âge'' (1935) - Adémaï * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) - Moutonnet et Mérac * ''Tout va très bien madame la marquise'' (1936) - Yonnik Le Ploumanech * ''L'innocent'' ...
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Marie-France Plumer
Marie-France (''Marie-France Plumer''; born 7 February 1943) is a French actress known mainly for her roles as a child. Filmography * ''Return to Life'', 1949 * '' Beautiful Love'' (1951) * ''Dortoir des grandes ''Dortoir des grandes'' en, Seniors' Dormitory, is a French crime drama film from 1953, directed by Henri Decoin, written by François Chalais, starring Jean Marais and Louis de Funès. The film is also known under the titles: "Girls' Dormitory ...'', 1954 External links * 1943 births Living people French child actresses French film actresses {{France-actor-stub ...
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