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She Returned at Dawn

Original title: Retour à l'aube
  • 19381938
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Danielle Darrieux and Jacques Dumesnil in She Returned at Dawn (1938)
DramaRomance
Married to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily exp... Read allMarried to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go t... Read allMarried to Karl Ammer, the station master of Thaya, a Hungarian quiet village, Anita is a pretty young peasant who feels deeply bored. She dreams of another life while watching the daily express trains to Budapest. An incident will force her to leave her province: she has to go to Budapest to attend the funeral of an aunt and receive a share of the inheritance. After ... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
91
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POPULARITY
205,354
29,360
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    • Director
      • Henri Decoin
    • Writers
      • Vicki Baum
      • Henri Decoin
      • Pierre Wolff
    • Stars
      • Danielle Darrieux
      • Pierre Dux
      • Jacques Dumesnil
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    • Director
      • Henri Decoin
    • Writers
      • Vicki Baum
      • Henri Decoin
      • Pierre Wolff
    • Stars
      • Danielle Darrieux
      • Pierre Dux
      • Jacques Dumesnil
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    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Danielle Darrieux
    Danielle Darrieux
    • Anita Ammer
    Pierre Dux
    Pierre Dux
    • Karl Ammer
    Jacques Dumesnil
    Jacques Dumesnil
    • Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
    Pierre Mingand
    Pierre Mingand
    • Osten
    Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy
    • Pali
    Samson Fainsilber
    Samson Fainsilber
    • L'inspecteur Veber
    Marcel Delaître
    Marcel Delaître
    • Le commissaire
    • (as Delaître)
    Thérèse Dorny
    • La directrice de la maison de couture
    Louis Florencie
    Louis Florencie
    Léonce Corne
    • Un ami d'Osten
    André Numès Fils
    • Le notaire
    • (as Numes Fils)
    Jacques Henley
    • Un ami d'Osten
    Robert Ozanne
    • Un voyageur
    Yvonne Yma
    Yvonne Yma
    Marcelle Barry
    Amy Collin
    Albert Brouett
    • Voyageur à la couronne
    • (uncredited)
    Marcel Pérès
    Marcel Pérès
    • Le pharmacien
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henri Decoin
    • Writers
      • Vicki Baum
      • Henri Decoin
      • Pierre Wolff
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    • Soundtracks
      Dans mon Coeur
      Music by Paul Misraki

      Lyrics by André Hornez

      Performed by Danielle Darrieux

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    Cinderella's got a brand new dress .
    "Retour A l'Aube" belongs to Decoin's light-hearted rosy comedies but its last part foreshadows his brilliant series of films noirs in the forties,which he would continue in the following decade,with relatively less artistic success.

    Sorry,Didier (the precedent user) but I do not think that it's one of the best works by Decoin.It takes place in a chocolate box Hungary ,where you pay ,as everyone past infancy must know,in Francs (!).The first scene (the wedding) is given a folk treatment complete with costumes and music ,but it does not fool people .

    Darrieux portrays some kind of Hungarian (!) Madame Bovary ,whose marriage to a station master has left her a frustrated woman :she dreams of romanticism and the train she takes to get to the big city will allow her to become Cinderella for one night.

    As I wrote above ,the most interesting thing about this okay movie is the elements of thriller which bursts into what was a charming dreamlike tale ;this is the key to Decoin's future as he will make his way through the forties ,with "L'Homme De Londres" "Les Inconnus Dans La Maison" and culminate with these overlooked desperate movies such as "La Fille Du Diable" (IMHO ,his masterpiece)or ""Les Amants Du Pont Saint-Jean"
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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1938 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Povratak u zoru
    • Filming locations
      • Budapest, Hungary
    • Production company
      • Union des Distributeurs Indépendants (U.D.I.F.)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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