Return at Dawn (1938)

Original title

Retour à l'aube

Directed by

Henri Decoin

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her husband after a long absence. She must confront the secrets and strained relationships left behind in a small Hungarian town.

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What happens

Return at Dawn, also known as She Returned at Dawn (French: Retour à l'aube), is a 1938 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux. The film was directed by Henri Decoin, who cowrote the screenplay with Pierre Wolff, based on a short story by Vicki Baum. The music score is by Paul Misraki. The sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. It was filmed in Zichyújfalu and Budapest, Hungary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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