Colonel Chabert

Le colonel Chabert

France

1943

102 Min

Black and White

1.37:1

French

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SCR Pierre Benoît, Honoré de Balzac, Maurice Griffe, Yves Mirande

CAST Raimu, Marie Bell, Arlette Wherly, Aimé Clariond, Jacques Baumer, Fernand Fabre, Pierre Alcover, Pierre Brulé, Roger Blin, Jacques Charon, Jo Dervo, Eddy Debray, André Varennes, René Stern, Pierre Cueille, François Viguier, Julien Maffre, Paul Temps, Maurice Devienne, Max Dalban, René Lacourt, Roger Prosmer, Christian Gérard, Pierre Lecocq, Edward Gardère

SOUND Jacques Carrère, Jacques Lébreton

Synopsis

Paris, 1817. The wealthy Countess Ferraud is distressed when she begins to receive letters from her husband, Colonel Chabert, who was reported to have died during the Napoleonic wars ten years before. After an attempt to have him committed to a lunatic asylum fails, the now destitute Chabert appeals to a lawyer Derville to help restore his identity and his fortune. The Countess has since remarried and has no intention of surrendering the wealth she inherited from Chabert… —filmsdefrance.com