Face au destin (1940)
Directed by Henri Fescourt

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

Jean and Madeleine are two modest workers who have fallen in love.  A disastrous evening drives them apart forever, or so they think.  Two years later, they meet again by chance.  Jean has enlisted in the Foreign Legion; Madeleine is married to a German aristocrat.  When it is revealed that Madeleine's husband is a spy, she and Jean can marry at last.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Henri Fescourt
  • Script: Alfred Machard, Charles Robert-Dumas (novel), Jean des Vallières (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Henri Barreyre, Marcel Villet
  • Music: Jean Lenoir, Mahieddine
  • Cast: Jules Berry (Claude Davenay), George Rigaud (Jean Lambert), Josseline Gaël (L'amie de Claude), Gaby Sylvia (Madeleine Clairvoix), Jean-Max (Franz Hermann), Jean Aquistapace (Sgt. Sobiesky), Marguerite Pierry (Madame Clairvoix), Ginette Choisy (La fille), Jacques Grétillat (Le chargé d'affaire), Robert Pizani (Le couturier), Mittyl Francia (La soeur de Claude), Albert Broquin (Un légionnaire), Reyna Capello (La secrétaire), Eddy Debray (Le commissaire), Paul Escoffier (Le capitaine), Alexandre Mihalesco (Un officier), Renée Morin (L'amie de Madeleine), Rolla Norman (L'avocat), André Numès Fils (Le copain), Georges Paulais (Le commissaire du gouvernement)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 84 min

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