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