A ballet producer returns to his native town and schemes to avenge himself on the family who tried to murder him 20 years before.
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Cast
19 people
Louis Jouvet
Jean-Jacques Sauvage
Known for
Jenny Lamour
Hôtel du Nord
Gaby Morlay
Geneviève Gonin
Known for
Le Plaisir
Louis Seigner
Edmond Gonin
Known for
L'Eclisse
The Truth
Ludmilla Tchérina
Karina
Known for
The Red Shoes
The Tales of Hoffmann
François Périer
François
Known for
Le Samouraï
Nights of Cabiria
Hélène Ronsard
La jeune femme
Also in
Anger of the Gods
One Does Not Die That Way
Arthur Honegger
Self
Jean Brochard
Jérôme Nisard
Known for
Diabolique
I Vitelloni
Léo Lapara
Marchal
Also in
Jenny Lamour
Between Eleven and Midnight
Armand Lurville
Le commissaire
Also in
The Queen's Lover
Rigadin, Garçon de Banque
Maurice Nasil
Le cousin
Known for
The Cow and I
To Die of Love
Max Bozzoni
Serge
Also in
Ballet terrain vague
Christian-Jaque Director · Henri Jeanson Screenplay Louis Chavance Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Christian-Jaque
Screenplay
Henri Jeanson
Screenplay
Louis Chavance
Composer
Arthur Honegger
Cinematographer
Christian Matras
Cinematographer
Louis Page
Editor
Jacques Desagneaux
Production designer
Pierre Marquet
Costume designer
Germaine Lecomte
Costume designer
Barbara Karinska
United States release January 24, 1948 · Produced in France · Original title Un revenant
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Un revenant
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · September 1, 1946
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · October 18, 1946
Theatrical
United States · January 24, 1948
Theatrical
Denmark
June 3, 1949 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1947 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 16, 1947 · Theatrical
Mexico
January 28, 1948 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 10, 1947 · Theatrical
XC
March 19, 1948 · Theatrical
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