120 minutes
9/14/1949
In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
Bernard Blier
as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Jane Marken
as Aunt Bertha (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
François Périer
as Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Patricia Roc
as Lieutenant Evelyne (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Louis Jouvet
as Jean Girard (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Noël Roquevert
as Commander (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Noël-Noël
as René (segment "Le retour de René")
Madeleine Gérôme
as Young widow (segment "Le retour de René")
Serge Reggiani
as Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Paul Frankeur
as Mayor (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Gisèle Préville
as Lilian (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Tanis Chandler
as Captain Betty (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Nane Germon
as Henriette (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Héléna Manson
as Simone (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Lucien Nat
as Charles (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Janine Darcey
as Mary (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Jean Brochard
as Hotelier (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Monette Dinay
as Juliette (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Jo Dest
as German (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Léo Lapara
as Bernard (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Maurice Schutz
as Old man (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Jean Croué
as Uncle Hector (segment "Le retour de René")
François Patrice
as Trafficker (segment "Le retour de René")
Lucien Guervil
as Old bachelor (segment "Le retour de René")
Léonce Corne
as Virolet (segment "Le retour de Louis")
André Darnay
as Teacher (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Cécile Didier
as Madame Froment (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Elisabeth Hardy
as Yvonne (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Léon Larive
as Jules (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Paul Azaïs
as Captain (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Madeleine Barbulée
as (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
André Bervil
as Bartender (segment "Le retour de René" (uncredited)
Georges Bever
as Gaston (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Florence Brière
as Gossip (segment *Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
Anne Campion
as Elsa (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
André Carnège
as Colonel (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Suzanne Courtal
as Concierge (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Delly Cousteau
as (uncredited)
Maurice Derville
as (uncredited)
Cécile Dylma
as Waitress (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Max Elloy
as Old bartender (segment "Le retour d'Antoine") (uncredited)
Louis Florencie
as Commissioner (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Lucien Frégis
as Grocer (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited)
Jacques Gencel
as Kid (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling
as Soldier (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Jean Landier
as (uncredited)
Mauricette Lhéron
as (uncredited)
Julien Maffre
as Soldier (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Jacques Mattler
as Delegate (segment "Le retour de René") (uncredited)
Véra Norman
as (uncredited)
Jeanne Pérez
as Mother (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Mme. O. de Revinsky
as Aunt Emma (segment"Le retour de tante Emma") (uncredited)
Germaine Stainval
as Lodger (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
as Inspector (segment "Le retour de Jean") (uncredited)