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In the Eyes of Memory

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.

Top Cast

  • Michèle Morgan

    Michèle Morgan

    Claire Magny

  • Jean Marais

    Jean Marais

    Jacques Forestier

  • Jean Chevrier

    Jean Chevrier

    Commander Pierre Aubry

  • Robert Murzeau

    Robert Murzeau

    Paul Marcadout

  • René Simon

    René Simon

    Self

  • Jacques Louvigny

    Jacques Louvigny

    The passenger

  • Jim Gérald

    Jim Gérald

    Major

  • Jeannette Batti

    Jeannette Batti

    Ketty

  • Colette Mars

    Colette Mars

    Marcelle Marinier

Overview

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.

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