Colonel Chabert (1943)

6.9/10 • 98 min • Drama

Overview

The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.

Cast

Raimu

Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert

Marie Bell

Countess Rosine Ferraud

Jacques Baumer

Delbecq, steward

Aimé Clariond

Maître Derville

Pierre Alcover

Director of the asylum

Jacques Charon

Cleric

Roger Blin

Cleric

Jo Dervo

Eddy Debray

René Lacourt

François Viguier

Fernand Fabre

Count Ferraud

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