The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1960
Recourse in Grace
Directed by
László Benedek
Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In despair, Mario surrenders to the law but, at the time of trial, he runs away to join the woman he loves.
The story
Mario di Donati, a deserter from the Italian army, lives in Paris under a false name with Germaine, his French lover. When the latter learns about his hidden past, she feels hurt by Mario's lack of trust in her and she distances herself from him. In despair, Mario surrenders to the law but, at the time of trial, he runs away to join the woman he loves.
Cast
Raf ValloneMario di Donati
Annie GirardotLilla
Fernand LedouxThe priest
Emmanuelle RivaGermaine Tourier
Michel ArdanMarcel
Marie MansartMademoiselle Berthe, the teacher
Renaud MaryPaulier
Michel EtcheverryChief Inspector Pardelles
Ginette PigeonMargot, the fairground
Robert ManuelThe fairground
Edmond ArdissonThe gendarme Piletti
Vittorio CaprioliSergio
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Bernard Andrieu
Jack AryGeorges
Yves BarsacqThe lawyer
Louis BugetteJules, the bistro
Pierre ColletGendarme Fromont
Mario DavidJacques
Hubert de LapparentOctave
Jacques DhéryA police inspector
Hélène DieudonnéMadame Forbier, the neighbor
André Dumas
Guy FavièresOctave's father
Jacques Galland
Yves Gladine
Patricia GozziLittle Denise
Françoise Lauby
Renata MansoNerina
René MarcThe police commissioner
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