In the Eyes of Memory

6.6
19481h 45m

Director Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more conventional Aux Yeux du Souvenir (aka Souvenir and To the Eyes of Memory). The film is based on a true story, wherein an France airliner managed to survive a journey from Rio De Janeiro to Dakar with two of its engines incapacitated. To this already intensely dramatic situation has been added a romantic subplot involving Claire Magny (Michele Morgan) and Jacques Forester (Jean Marais). The love story adds very little to the film; fortunately, neither does it detract from the film's overall quality. As was the case with many French productions of the 1940s, Aux Yeux du Souvenir benefits immeasurably from the Wagnerian musical score by Georges Auric.

Cast

Photo of Michèle Morgan

Michèle Morgan

Claire Magny

Photo of Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Jacques Forestier

Photo of Jean Chevrier

Jean Chevrier

Commander Pierre Aubry

Photo of Robert Murzeau

Robert Murzeau

Paul Marcadout

Photo of Jacques Louvigny

Jacques Louvigny

The passenger

Photo of Colette Mars

Colette Mars

Marcelle Marinier

Photo of Albert Duvaleix

Albert Duvaleix

A passenger

Photo of Daniel Ivernel

Daniel Ivernel

Bordas, the radio

Photo of Germaine Michel

Germaine Michel

The landlady

Photo of Moune de Rivel

Moune de Rivel

The nightclub singer

Photo of Jean Lagache

Jean Lagache

A mechanic

Photo of Marfa d'Hervilly

Marfa d'Hervilly

A passenger

Photo of Joëlle Bernard

Joëlle Bernard

(uncredited)

Photo of Nicole Courcel

Nicole Courcel

A student from the Simon course

Photo of Guy Henry

Guy Henry

(uncredited)

Photo of Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

A student from the Simon course

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