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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