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Life and Nothing But

January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into his sector, looking for her husband, comes a haughty, politically connected Parisian, Madame Irène de Courtil. Brusquely, Dellaplane offers her 1/350,000th of his time, but as their paths cross and she sees his courage and resolve, feelings change. After he finds a surprising connection between her missing husband and a local teacher, Irène makes Dellaplane an offer. This man of action hesitates: has he missed his only chance?

1989 |2h 15m |  War, Drama

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Philippe Noiret

Commandant Delaplane

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Sabine Azéma

Irène de Courtil

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Pascale Vignal

Alice

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Maurice Barrier

Mercadot

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François Perrot

Perrin

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Jean-Pol Dubois

André, le chauffeur

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Daniel Russo

Lieutenant Trévise

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Michel Duchaussoy

Général Villerieux

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Arlette Gilbert

Valentine

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Louis Lyonnet

Valentin

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Charlotte Maury-Sentier

Cora Mabel

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François Caron

Julien

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Thierry Gimenez

l'adjudant du génie

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Frédérique Meininger

Mme Lebègue

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Pierre Trabaud

Eugène Dilatoire

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Jean-Roger Milo

Monsieur Lebègue

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Marcel Zanini

Léon, un musicien

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Jean-Christophe Lebert

L'amnésique

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Philippe Uchan

L'homme sans jambes

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Marion Loran

Solange de Boissancourt

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Charlotte Kady

Bonne soeur hôpital

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Gabriel Cattand

Professeur Mortier

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Christophe Odent

Poirleau

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Jean Champion

Lagrange

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Philippe Deplanche

Lecordier

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Frédéric Pierrot

Marcel

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François Domange

Georges

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Jean-Paul Comart

Fagot

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Patrick Massieu

Le gardien du cimetière

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Pascal Elso

L'aveugle

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Louba Guertchikoff

La femme aux yeux bleus

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Jean-Claude Calon

Le sergent zélé

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Jean-Yves Gautier

Caporal

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Gilles Janeyrand

Sous-Officier

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Nicolas Tronc

Soldat Lefèvre

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Michèle Gleizer

La fermière

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Daniel Langlet

Monsieur Lohac

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Adrienne Bonnet

Madame Lohac

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Marcel Zanini

Léon

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Georges Staquet

Le curé

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Alain Frérot

Pelat

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François Dyrek

Vergnes

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Bruno Raffaelli

Maginot

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Language

French

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