A young man is hired by an industrialist, while a secret hangs over his birth. His boss's wife turns out to be his mother, who hides the truth from him.
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Pierre Renoir
Jean Guéret
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Children of Paradise
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Valentine Tessier
Sabine Guéret
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
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Jules Berry
Armand Limeuil
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Daybreak
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Raymond Aimos
Un mécano
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Port of Shadows
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Georges Rollin
Robert Marcel
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It Happened at the Inn
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Michèle Verly
Madame de Corsian
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Monte Cristo
Belphégor
Francine Bessy
Anne-Marie Guéret
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The Blue Veil
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Henri Poupon
Known for
Heartbeat
Stormy Waters
Rivers Cadet
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Topaze
Lidoire
Armand Lurville
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Hôtel du Nord
Allain Dhurtal
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The Glass Castle
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Charvet
Fernand Rivers Director · Léopold Marchand Screenplay Henry Kistemaekers Author
First release March 26, 1941 · Produced in France
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France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 26, 1941
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