The Eternal Return
7.2
In 1940s France, a man finds a wife for his uncle, but ends up falling in love with her himself when he drinks a love potion.
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Cast
12 people
Madeleine Sologne
Nathalie la blonde
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Jean Marais
Patrice
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Fantomas
Beauty and the Beast
Jean Murat
Marc
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Carnival in Flanders
The Possessors
Junie Astor
Nathalie la brune
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The Lower Depths
Roland Toutain
Lionel
Known for
The Rules of the Game
Jane Marken
Anne
Known for
A Day in the Country
...And God Created Woman
Jean d'Yd
Amédée Frossin
Known for
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Smiling Madame Beudet
Piéral
Achille Frossin
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Captain Blood
Alexandre Rignault
Morholt
Known for
Eyes Without a Face
The Return of Don Camillo
Yvonne de Bray
Gertrude Frossin
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Olivia
The Storm Within
Robert Sidonac
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Extenuating Circumstances
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Sandra Venturini
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Caligula's Slaves
The Adventures of Hercules
Jean Delannoy Director · Jean Cocteau Screenplay Roger Hubert Cinematographer
United States release January 3, 1948 · Produced in France · Original title L'Éternel Retour
Production
Films André Paulvé
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
L'Éternel Retour
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 13, 1943
Theatrical
United States · January 3, 1948
Theatrical
XC
November 9, 1945 · Theatrical
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