Drama ·Romance · France · 1938 · 1h 34m

Return at Dawn

Retour à l'aube

Director

Cast

Danielle Darrieux as Anita Ammer Pierre Dux as Karl Ammer Jacques Dumesnil as Dick Farmer aka 'Keith' Pierre Mingand as Osten Raymond Cordy as Pali Samson Fainsilber as L'inspecteur Veber

Crew

Léonce-Henri Burel — Director of Photography Marguerite Beaugé — Editor Paul Misraki — Original Music Composer Henri Decoin — Writer Vicki Baum — Writer Pierre Wolff — Writer

Synopsis

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 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 completing the formalities, Anita misses the train to go back home and then she finds herself alone in the capital.

Key Collaborators

Henri Decoin Director Léonce-Henri Burel Director of Photography Marguerite Beaugé Editor Paul Misraki Original Music Composer Henri Decoin Writer Vicki Baum Writer Pierre Wolff Writer Joseph Bercholz Producer Serge Piménoff Production Design

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