Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Peter RuricCinematography:
Harry J. WildComposer:
Werner R. HeymannCast:
Simone Simon, John Emery, Alan Napier, Jason Robards Sr., Norma Varden, Fay Helm, Lillian Bronson, Frank Mayo, Charles Waldron, Kurt Kreuger, Marc Cramer (more)Plots(1)
One of producer Val Lewton’s rare forays outside the horror genre, this Robert Wise-directed film uses two Maupassant stories to create an allegory of Nazi-occupied France. (MUBI)
Cast
![Simone Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/032/163032572_1f86de.jpg)
Simone Simon
France
Best movies:
La Ronde (1950)
The Human Beast (1938)
Le Plaisir (1952)
![John Emery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364329_acc985.jpg)
John Emery
USA
Best movies:
Spellbound (1945)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
![Alan Napier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871834_6a4857.jpg)
Alan Napier
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Madame Curie (1943)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
![Jason Robards Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726641_6d702e.jpg)
Jason Robards Sr.
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Juarez (1939)
Wild in the Country (1961)
![Norma Varden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318026_8b7906.jpg)
Norma Varden
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
![Fay Helm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/490/160490509_54943a.jpg)
Fay Helm
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Dark Victory (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
![Lillian Bronson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015277_170ae9.jpg)
Lillian Bronson
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
A Stolen Life (1946)
![Frank Mayo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/090/161090820_2f0134.jpg)
Frank Mayo
USA
Best movies:
Easter Parade (1948)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Gilda (1946)
![Charles Waldron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/426/161426240_cabaea.jpg)
Charles Waldron
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
![Kurt Kreuger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/587/161587534_749e9e.jpg)
Kurt Kreuger
German Empire
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - a.f.
![Marc Cramer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886916_48df56.jpg)
Marc Cramer
USA
Best movies:
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
Isle of the Dead (1945)
Max Willenz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Paul Marion
USA
Best movies:
Arch of Triumph (1948)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Born Yesterday (1950)
Victor Cutler
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Raw Deal (1948)
Edmund Glover
Canada
Best movies:
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
Battleground (1949)
Nevada (1944)
Rosemary La Planche
USA
Best movies:
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)