Return at Dawn (1938)
Retour à l'aube
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.
- Date of release
- 1938-11-18
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Henri Decoin
Casting
- Danielle Darrieux — Anita Ammer
- Pierre Dux — Karl Ammer
- Jacques Dumesnil — Dick Farmer aka 'Keith'
- Pierre Mingand — Osten
- Raymond Cordy — Pali
- Samson Fainsilber — L'inspecteur Veber
- Marcel Delaître — Le commissaire
- Thérèse Dorny — The fashion house director
- Louis Florencie
- Léonce Corne — A friend of Osten
- André Numès — The notary
- Jacques Henley — A friend of Osten
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