Colonel Chabert (1943 film)

Colonel Chabert () is a 1943 French drama film directed by René Le Hénaff, starring Raimu, Marie Bell, Aimé Clariond and Jacques Baumer. It tells 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. James Travers has written, "This superlative adaptation of Balzac's great novel was one of a number of prestigious film productions made under the Occupation (1940–1944)."

A later film adaptation of the Balzac story, with Gerard Depardieu in the lead, was released in 1994.

Cast

Raimu as Le colonel Chabert

Marie Bell as La comtesse Ferraud

Jacques Baumer as Delbecq

Aimé Clariond as Maître Derville

Fernand Fabre as Le comte Ferraud

Suzanne Flon as Albertine

Pierre Alcover as Le directeur de l'asile

Roger Blin as Un clerc

Jacques Charon as Un clerc

Pierre Brulé as le fils Ferraud

Arlette Wherly as la fille Ferraud

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Films set in 1817

1940s historical drama films

1943 films

Films based on French novels

Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac

French historical drama films

French black-and-white films

Napoleonic Wars films

1943 drama films

Films directed by René Le Hénaff

1940s French films

Works based on Colonel Chabert