Return to Life (French: Retour à la vie) is a 1949 French drama portmanteau film in five parts directed by Georges Lampin, André Cayatte, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jean Dréville (who directed the last two parts). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
Paul Azaïs as the captain
Bernard Blier as Gaston
Jean Brochard as the Hotel tender
Léonce Corne as Virolet
Janine Darcey as Mary
Max Elloy as the old barman
Louis Florencie as the chief of police
Paul Frankeur as the maire
Jacques Hilling as a soldier
Louis Jouvet as Jean Girard
Léon Larive as Jules, the guard
Héléna Manson as Simone
Marie-France Plumer as Aunt Berth
Noël-Noël as René
Jeanne Pérez as the mother
François Périer as Antoine
Serge Reggiani as Louis, the husband of the young German
Patricia Roc as Lieutenant Evelyne
Noël Roquevert as the commander
Maurice Schutz as the old man