In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
Directed by
Georges Lampin, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Dréville, André Cayatte
Written by
Jean Ferry, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Charles Spaak
Bernard Blier
Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Serge Reggiani
Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Jeanne Pérez
Mother (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Madeleine Barbulée
(segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
Lucien Frégis
Grocer (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
Léonce Corne
Virolet (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Maurice Schutz
Old man (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Lucien Nat
Charles (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Jean Sylvère
Inspector (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Paul Frankeur
Mayor (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Noël Roquevert
Commander (segment "Le retour de Jean")
André Carnège
Colonel (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
Soldier (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Gisèle Préville
Lilian (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Georges Bever
Gaston (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
François Patrice
Trafficker (segment "Le retour de René")
Jean Brochard
Hotelier (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Patricia Roc
Lieutenant Evelyne (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
François Périer
Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Jane Marken
Aunt Bertha (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Janine Darcey
Mary (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Florence Brière
Gossip (segment *Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling
Soldier (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Louis Jouvet
Jean Girard (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Tanis Chandler
Captain Betty (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Paul Azaïs
Captain (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Héléna Manson
Simone (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
André Bervil
Bartender (segment "Le retour de René" (uncredited)
Noël-Noël
René (segment "Le retour de René")
Louis Florencie
Commissioner (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Véra Norman
(uncredited)
Jo Dest
German (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Max Elloy
Old bartender (segment "Le retour d'Antoine") (uncredited)
Elisabeth Hardy
Yvonne (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Léon Larive
Jules (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Léo Lapara
Bernard (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Nane Germon
Henriette (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Germaine Stainval
Lodger (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Monette Dinay
Juliette (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Jean Croué
Uncle Hector (segment "Le retour de René")
Madeleine Gérôme
Young widow (segment "Le retour de René")
Lucien Guervil
Old bachelor (segment "Le retour de René")
André Darnay
Teacher (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Cécile Didier
Madame Froment (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Anne Campion
Elsa (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
Suzanne Courtal
Concierge (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Delly Cousteau
(uncredited)
Maurice Derville
(uncredited)
Cécile Dylma
Waitress (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Jacques Gencel
Kid (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Jean Landier
(uncredited)
Mauricette Lhéron
(uncredited)
Jacques Mattler
Delegate (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Mme. O. de Revinsky
Aunt Emma (segment"Le retour de tante Emma") (uncredited)