125 minutes
11/11/1950
Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.
François Périer
as Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
Suzy Delair
as Suzy Henebey (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
Pierre Brasseur
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Edwige Feuillère
as Florence (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Gérard Philipe
as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
Gilberte Géniat
as Solange, grocer (segment "Le violon")
Bernard Blier
as Police officer Raoul (segment "Le violon")
Yolande Laffon
as Mrs. Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
Danièle Delorme
as Danièle (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
Yves Montand
as Raoul, street singer (segment "Le violon")
Armand Bernard
as Armand, Jean-Pierre's butler (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
Léonce Corne
as Lottery ticket seller (segment "Le violon")
Daniel Lecourtois
as Hotel director
Jacques Tarride
as Secretary
Christian Simon
as Little Raoul
Jean Davy
as Announcer
Robert Rocca
as Narrator (voice)
Jean Aymé
as Boss (uncredited)
Odette Barencey
as Philippe's landlady (uncredited)
Gaby Basset
as (uncredited)
Georges Bever
as Funeral director (uncredited)
Jacques Courtin
as Betty's husband (uncredited)
Henri Crolla
as Enrico, guitarist (uncredited)
Lolita De Silva
as (uncredited)
Maurice Dorléac
as Director of the "Regina" (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
Charles Fawcett
as American (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
as Newspaper crier (uncredited)
Lee Gordine
as (uncredited)
René Lacourt
as (uncredited)
Maurice Lagrenée
as Cabaret director (uncredited)
Frédéric Mariotti
as Man (uncredited)
Jacques Mauclair
as Photographer (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
as Agent (uncredited)
Zappy Max
as (uncredited)
Marthe Mercadier
as (uncredited)
Pierre Mondy
as Agent (uncredited)
Robert Moor
as Notary (uncredited)
Frédéric Moriss
as (uncredited)
Maurice Nasil
as Friend (uncredited)
Claire Neuville
as (uncredited)
André Numès
as Industrialist (uncredited)
Jean Ozenne
as Doctor Mansart (uncredited)
Denise Precheur
as (uncredited)
Michel Rob
as Kid (uncredited)
Gabrielle Rosny
as Old woman (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
as (uncredited)
Evelyne Salmon
as (uncredited)
Robert Seller
as Friend (uncredited)
Germaine Stainval
as Industrialist's wife (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
as (uncredited)
Titys
as Friend (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
as Friend (uncredited)
Charles Vissières
as The faithful valet (uncredited)
Louis Vonelly
as General (uncredited)
Yvonne Yma
as Gossip (uncredited)