In the Eyes of Memory

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Michèle Morgan

Claire Magny

Age : 96 | Popularity : 6%

Jean Marais

Jacques Forestier

Age : 84 | Popularity : 15%

Jean Chevrier

Commander Pierre Aubry

Age : 60 | Popularity : 7%

Robert Murzeau

Paul Marcadout

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

René Simon

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Jacques Louvigny

The passenger

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Jim Gérald

Major

Age : 68 | Popularity : 6%

Jeannette Batti

Ketty

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Henri Jeanson Jean Delannoy Georges Neveux
Camera	Director of Photography	Robert Lefebvre
Directing	Director	Jean Delannoy
Editing	Editor	James Cuenet
Department	Role	Name

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