''Return to Happiness'' (French: ''Retour au bonheur'') is a 1942 French

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

René Jayet René Jayet (20 May 1906 – 31 October 1953) was a French film director and producer. He made his debut in 1928 with ', starring Camille Bardou among others. Followed '' Des quintuplés au pensionnat'', '' Moumou'', '' Les Aventuriers de l'air' ...

and starring

Jules Berry Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor. Biography Early life Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 188 ...

, Suzy Vernon and

Gina Manès Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and ...

. Rège p.534 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Marcel Magniez Marcel Magniez (born 1888) was a French art director who designed the sets for around forty film productions from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Soister p.281 Selected filmography * '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927) * '' My Aunts and I'' (1937 ...

. It is also known by the

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''L'enfant dans la tourmente''.

Cast

as Bertini * Suzy Vernon as Madeleine Dorval *

as Mélie *

Jean Debucourt Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Little Thing'' (1923) * '' Jean Chouan'' (1926) * '' Madame Réca ...

as Jacques Dorval * Gabriel Farguette as Jean *

Charlotte Lysès Charlotte Lysès (1877–1956) was a French stage and film actress.Capua p.124 Selected filmography * '' The Heir of the Bal Tabarin'' (1933) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * '' The Rosary'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1936) * ''The Brig ...

as Aglaé *

René Génin René Génin (25 January 1890 – 24 October 1967) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) * '' Nights ...

as Célestin * René Daix as Georges Dorval *

Jacques Henley Jacques Henley (born Jacques Dhote) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' Our Masters, the Servants'' (1930) * '' The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930) * ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1931) * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * '' The Regiment's Ch ...

as Saxton

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1942 films French comedy films 1942 comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by René Jayet French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub fr:Retour au bonheur (film, 1942)