In the Eyes of Memory (1948)
Director Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more conventional Aux Yeux du Souvenir (aka Souvenir and To the Eyes of Memory). The film is based on a true story, wherein an France airliner managed to survive a journey from Rio De Janeiro to Dakar with two of its engines incapacitated. To this already intensely dramatic situation has been added a romantic subplot involving Claire Magny (Michele Morgan) and Jacques Forester (Jean Marais). The love story adds very little to the film; fortunately, neither does it detract from the film's overall quality. As was the case with many French productions of the 1940s, Aux Yeux du Souvenir benefits immeasurably from the Wagnerian musical score by Georges Auric.
Director: Jean Delannoy
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Michèle Morgan as Claire Magny |
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Jean Marais as Jacques Forestier |
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Jean Chevrier as Commander Pierre Aubry |
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Robert Murzeau as Paul Marcadout |
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René Simon as Self |
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Jacques Louvigny as The passenger |
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Jim Gérald as Major |
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Jeannette Batti as Ketty |
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Colette Mars as Marcelle Marinier |
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Simone Barillier as |
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Denise Precheur as A hostess |
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Lucien Dorval as |
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Janine Viénot as A hostess |
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Albert Duvaleix as A passenger |
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Daniel Ivernel as Bordas, the radio |
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Germaine Michel as The landlady |
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Moune de Rivel as The nightclub singer |
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Yette Lucas as Ms Bastide |
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Jean Lagache as A mechanic |
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Marfa d'Hervilly as A passenger |
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Jean Aymé as |
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Léon Arvel as Doctor |
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H. Lemetayer as |
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Joëlle Bernard as (uncredited) |
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Michèle Brabo as (uncredited) |
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Lucien Carol as (uncredited) |
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Nicole Courcel as A student from the Simon course |
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Maurice Derville as (uncredited) |
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Pierre Fromont as (uncredited) |
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Guy Henry as (uncredited) |
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Robert Hossein as A student from the Simon course |
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Philippe Lemaire as A pilot (uncredited) |
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Heddy Miller as (uncredited) |
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André Nicard as (uncredited) |
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Liliane Robert as (uncredited) |
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Antoine Rossel as (uncredited) |
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Pierre Roussel as A steward (uncredited) |
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Marcel Rouzé as (uncredited) |
| Writing | Georges Neveux | Writer |
| Writing | Henri Jeanson | Writer |
| Writing | Jean Delannoy | Writer |
| Camera | Robert Lefebvre | Director of Photography |
| Editing | James Cuenet | Editor |
| Directing | Jean Delannoy | Director |