Return to Life
1949, French. Directed by Georges Lampin & Henri-Georges Clouzot & André Cayatte & Jean Dréville.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Georges LampinDirector
- Henri-Georges ClouzotDirector
- André CayatteDirector
- Jean DrévilleDirector
- Bernard BlierGaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
- Jane MarkenAunt Bertha (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
- François PérierAntoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
- Patricia RocLieutenant Evelyne (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
- Louis JouvetJean Girard (segment "Le retour de Jean")
- Noël RoquevertCommander (segment "Le retour de Jean")
- Noël-NoëlRené (segment "Le retour de René")
- Madeleine GérômeYoung widow (segment "Le retour de René")
- Serge ReggianiLouis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
- Paul FrankeurMayor (segment "Le retour de Louis")
- Gisèle PrévilleLilian (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
- Tanis ChandlerCaptain Betty (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Details
- Released
- 14 September 1949
- Original title
- Retour à la vie
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Ferry, Charles Spaak
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Return to Life runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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Return to Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 September 1949. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Return to Life?
Return to Life (1949) was directed by Georges Lampin and Henri-Georges Clouzot and André Cayatte and Jean Dréville and stars Bernard Blier, Jane Marken, François Périer.