Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert (1943)

Le Colonel Chabert

The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac.

Date of release
1943-12-01
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama
Director
René Le Hénaff

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert is a 1943 French drama film directed by René Le Hénaff, starring Raimu, Marie Bell, Aimé Clariond and Jacques Baumer. It tells the story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a very different France, both on a political and personal level. The film is based on the novel Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac. James Travers has written, "This superlative adaptation of Balzac's great novel was one of a number of prestigious film productions made under the Occupation (1940–1944)."

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