In the Eyes of Memory
1948Director 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.
Acted in
Michèle Morgan
as Claire Magny
Jean Marais
as Jacques Forestier
Jean Chevrier
as Commander Pierre Aubry
Robert Murzeau
as Paul Marcadout
René Simon
as Self
Jacques Louvigny
as The passenger
Jim Gérald
as Major
Jeannette Batti
as Ketty
Colette Mars
as Marcelle Marinier
Simone Barillier
Denise Precheur
as A hostess
Lucien Dorval
Janine Viénot
as A hostess
Albert Duvaleix
as A passenger
Daniel Ivernel
as Bordas, the radio
Germaine Michel
as The landlady
Moune de Rivel
as The nightclub singer
Yette Lucas
as Ms Bastide
Jean Lagache
as A mechanic
Marfa d'Hervilly
as A passenger
Jean Aymé
Léon Arvel
as Doctor
H. Lemetayer
Joëlle Bernard
as (uncredited)
Michèle Brabo
as (uncredited)
Lucien Carol
as (uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
as A student from the Simon course
Maurice Derville
as (uncredited)
Pierre Fromont
as (uncredited)
Guy Henry
as (uncredited)
Robert Hossein
as A student from the Simon course
Philippe Lemaire
as A pilot (uncredited)
Heddy Miller
as (uncredited)
André Nicard
as (uncredited)
Liliane Robert
as (uncredited)
Antoine Rossel
as (uncredited)
Pierre Roussel
as A steward (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
as (uncredited)