''A Lover's Return'' (, ) is a 1946 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...

and starring

Louis Jouvet Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet (; 24 December 1887 – 16 August 1951) was a French actor, theatre director and filmmaker. Early life Jouvet was born in Crozon. He had a Stuttering, stutter as a young man and originally trained as a pharmac ...

, Gaby Morlay and

François Périer François Périer (; born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 28 June 2002) was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles. Career He made over 110 film and TV appearances from 1938 to 1996, with notable excursi ...

. It was shot at the

Cité Elgé Cité Elgé () were French film studios located in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in Jan ...

in Paris and on location in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Pierre Marquet. It was entered into the

1946 Cannes Film Festival The 1st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946. Twenty-one countries presented their films at the "First Cannes International Film Festival", which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. Only one year after t ...

in September before its Lyon premiere and general release the following month.

Plot

Jean-Jacques Sauvage, a

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

believed dead by everyone, is back in

Cast

as Jean-Jacques Sauvage * Gaby Morlay as Geneviève Gonin *

as François Nisard *

Jean Brochard Jean Brochard (; 12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) * '' ...

as Jérôme Nisard *

Ludmilla Tchérina Ludmilla Tchérina (born Monique Tchemerzine; 10 October 1924 – 21 March 2004) was a French prima ballerina and actress. Biography She studied with Blanche d'Alessandri, Olga Preobrajenska and Clustine. She started dancing at 16 and danced ...

as Karina * Hélène Ronsard as La jeune femme *

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss-French composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, '' Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' is "more even ...

as himself / En personne * Léo Lapara as Marchal *

Armand Lurville Armand Lurville (March 21, 1875 – September 25, 1955) was a French stage and film actor. Waldman p.57 A character actor, he appeared in a number of films from the silent era to the 1950s. Selected filmography * '' Wedding Night'' (1920) * ''The ...

as Le commissaire (as Lurville) * Maurice Nasil as Le cousin * Max Bozzoni as Serge * Arthur Hoérée *

Louis Seigner Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor.He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He was the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, a ...

as Edmond Gonin *

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 18 ...

as Tante Jeanne

References

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* 1946 films 1940s French-language films 1946 drama films French black-and-white films Films directed by Christian-Jaque Films scored by Arthur Honegger 1940s French films Films shot in Lyon Films set in Lyon French drama films Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson French-language drama films {{1940s-France-film-stub