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The Chips Are Down (1947)

Genre : Drama, Fantasy

Runtime : 1H 45M

Director : Jean Delannoy

Synopsis

"Les jeux sont faits," is a fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the afterlife. They are offered a second chance at life if they can prove their love is real or be doomed to roam the earth as ghosts.

Actors

Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle
Eve Charlier
Marcello Pagliero
Marcello Pagliero
Pierre Dumaine
Marguerite Moreno
Marguerite Moreno
La dame de l'au-delà
Charles Dullin
Charles Dullin
Le marquis
Fernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre
André Charlier
Jacques Erwin
Jacques Erwin
Jean Aguerra
Colette Ripert
Colette Ripert
Lucette
Marcel Mouloudji
Marcel Mouloudji
Lucien Derjeu
Guy Decomble
Guy Decomble
Poulain
Howard Vernon
Howard Vernon
Le chef milicien
Jim Gérald
Jim Gérald
Renaudel
Renaud Mary
Renaud Mary
Un milicien
André Carnège
André Carnège
Le ministre de la justice
Andrée Ducret
Andrée Ducret
Madame Astin
Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban
Georges
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand
Paulo
Edmond Beauchamp
Edmond Beauchamp
Dixonne
Jean Reynols
Jean Reynols
Léon Daubrel
Léon Daubrel
Lucien Dorval
Lucien Dorval
Daniel Fillion
Daniel Fillion
Gérard Saint-Val
Gérard Saint-Val
Marfa d'Hervilly
Marfa d'Hervilly
Danièle Delorme
Danièle Delorme
La noyée
Frédéric Mariotti
Frédéric Mariotti
Un mort
Paul Ollivier
Paul Ollivier

Crews

Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy
Director
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Writer
Georges Auric
Georges Auric
Music
Christian Matras
Christian Matras
Director of Photography

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