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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Retour au bonheur
1942 1h 32m FR
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MASTERPIECE
★8.5TMDB · 2
Synopsis
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Wanting to complete the research of her doctor husband, a former actress returns to the stage and therefore abandons her home. Badly supervised, her little boy runs away. We find him ill in the Alps. He is saved by his father and the parents' union is sealed again.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jules Berry
Jean Debucourt
Suzy Vernon
Gina Manès
Gabriel Farguette
Charlotte Lysès
René Génin
René Daix
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- René Jayet
- Writers
- Marianne Testa, René Jayet, Claude Revol
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The take
René Jayet directs. Marc Bujard behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 184 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by René Jayet, shot by Marc Bujard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Jules Berry and Jean Debucourt and Suzy Vernon carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0189045 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Marc Bujard
- Runtime
- 92 min · 1h 32m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
René Jayet
Key crew
- DialogueClaude Revol
- Production ManagerValentine Pley
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1942-04-09
Also known as
International titles
- L'enfant dans la tourmenteFR
