La Fin du Jour (The End of a Day) (1939)
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This poignant drama peeks in at the lives and relationships between elderly thespians living in an actors' retirement home. The home is almost bankrupt and so the actors must support themselves. The residents include a faded sex symbol, an intellectual actor who kept a great distance between… More This poignant drama peeks in at the lives and relationships between elderly thespians living in an actors' retirement home. The home is almost bankrupt and so the actors must support themselves. The residents include a faded sex symbol, an intellectual actor who kept a great distance between himself and the audience, and a depressed thespian who tries to conceal the fact that he was only an understudy. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Julien Duvivier
- Written By
- Julien Duvivier, Charles Spaak
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics
- In Theaters
- Mar 24, 1939 Wide
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Cast
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Michel Simon
as Cabrissard
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Madeleine Ozeray
as Jeannette
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Louis Jouvet
as Saint Clair
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Gabrielle Dorziat
as Mme. Chabert
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Victor Francen
as Marny
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Arthur Devère
as Director
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Gaby André
as Danielle
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Jean Aymé
as Victor
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Charles Granval
as Deaubonne
- Gaston Jacquet
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Pierre Magnier
as Mr. Laroche
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Gaston Modot
as Innkeeper
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Jean Paul Coquelin
as Delormel
- Alexandre Arquillière