''The Eternal Return'' (French: ''L'Éternel retour'') is a 1943 French
romantic drama film
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directed by
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy (; 12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Pro ...
and starring
Madeleine Sologne and
Jean Marais. The screenplay was written by
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
as a retelling of
Tristan and Isolde set in contemporary France.
In the United Kingdom, the film was released in 1946 by
Eagle-Lion Distributors under the
alternative title ''Love Eternal''.
It was made at the
Victorine Studios in
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million[art director
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Georges Wakhévitch. The film's costumes were by
Georges Annenkov.
Location shooting
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took place at the Chateau de Pesteils in
Polminhac. It premiered in
Vichy and was one of the greatest commercial hits of the
occupation period.
Cast
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Madeleine Sologne as Nathalie, the blonde
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Jean Marais as Patrice
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Jean Murat as Marc
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Junie Astor as Nathalie, the brunette
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Roland Toutain as Lionel
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Jane Marken as Anne
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Jean d'Yd as Amédée Frossin
* as Achille Frossin
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Yvonne de Bray as Gertrude Frossin
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Alexandre Rignault as Morholt
References
Bibliography
* Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier . ''French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present''. A&C Black, 2004.
External links
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''L'Éternel retour'' (1943)at the ''Films de France''
1943 films
French romantic drama films
1940s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Jean Delannoy
1943 romantic drama films
Films scored by Georges Auric
Films with screenplays by Jean Cocteau
Films shot at Victorine Studios
Eagle-Lion Films films
1940s French films
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