René Le Hénaff
Director
Colonel Chabert (1943)
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.
Genres: Drama
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Production Companies: Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Recommendations
98 min
Dec. 1, 1943
Released
NR / 11+