In the Eyes of Memory
1948/11/24 • Released • French
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.
Director : Jean Delannoy
Casts
Michèle Morgan
Claire Magny
Jean Marais
Jacques Forestier
Jean Chevrier
Commander Pierre Aubry
Robert Murzeau
Paul Marcadout
Jacques Louvigny
The passenger
Jim Gérald
Major
Jeannette Batti
Ketty
Colette Mars
Marcelle Marinier
Albert Duvaleix
A passenger
Daniel Ivernel
Bordas, the radio
Moune de Rivel
The nightclub singer
Jean Lagache
A mechanic
Jean Aymé
Léon Arvel
Doctor
Joëlle Bernard
(uncredited)
Nicole Courcel
A student from the Simon course
Guy Henry
(uncredited)
Robert Hossein
A student from the Simon course
Philippe Lemaire
A pilot (uncredited)
Pierre Roussel
A steward (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
(uncredited)
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