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The Eternal Return (film)
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'The Eternal Return' (French: 'L'ternel retour') is a 1943 French romantic drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Madeleine Sologne and Jean Marais.[http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_L_eternal_retour_rev.html L'ternel retour (1943)] at the 'Films de France' The screenplay was written by Jean Cocteau as a retelling of Tristan and Isolde set in contemporary France. In the United Kingdom, the film was released in 1946 by Eagle-Lion Distributors under the alternative title 'Love Eternal'.
It was made at the Victorine Studios in Nice with sets designed by the art director Georges Wakhvitch. The film's costumes were by Georges Annenkov. Location shooting took place at the Chateau de Pesteils in Polminhac. It premiered in Vichy and was one of the greatest commercial hits of the occupation period.
Cast
* Madeleine Sologne as Nathalie, the blonde
* Jean Marais as Patrice
* Jean Murat as Marc
* Junie Astor as Nathalie, the brunette
* Roland Toutain as Lionel
* Jane Marken as Anne
* Jean d'Yd as Amde Frossin
* Piral as Achille Frossin
* Yvonne de Bray as Gertrude Frossin
* Alexandre Rignault as Morholt
References
Bibliography
* Lanzoni, Rmi Fournier . 'French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present'. A&C Black, 2004.
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