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Life and Nothing But

72 %|Sep 6, 1989|War, Drama

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?

Featured Crew

Jean Cosmos
Screenplay
René Cleitman
Producer
Bertrand Tavernier
Screenplay
Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Armand Psenny
Editor
Bruno de Keyzer
Director of Photography
Jean Cosmos
Dialogue
Guy-Claude François
Set Decoration

Cast

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Philippe Noiret
Commander Delaplane
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Sabine Azéma
Irène de Courtil
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Jean-Pol Dubois
André, chauffeur
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Daniel Russo
Lieutenant Trévise
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Michel Duchaussoy
General Villerieux
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Thierry Gimenez
Engineering adjutant
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Pierre Trabaud
Eugène Dilatoire
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Jean-Roger Milo
Monsieur Lebègue
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André Claisse
Customer in the restaurant
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Didier Grégoire
Soldier in the party hall
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Marcel Zanini
Léon, musician
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Catherine Verlor
Nun at the beach
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Philippe Uchan
The man without legs
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Marion Loran
Solange de Boissancourt
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Charlotte Kady
Nun in the hospital
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Gabriel Cattand
Professor Mortier
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Michel Cassagne
Abel Masclé
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Patrick Massieu
Cemetery keeper
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Didier Harlmann
The armless man
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Pascal Elso
The blind man
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Odile Cointepas
Madame Hannesson
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Louba Guertchikoff
The woman with blue eyes
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Jean-Claude Calon
The zealous Sergeant
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Gilles Janeyrand
Non-commissioned Officer
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Nicolas Tronc
Soldier Lefèvre
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Michèle Gleizer
Farmer's wife
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Daniel Langlet
Monsieur Lohac
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Adrienne Bonnet
Madame Lohac
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Oswald d'Andréa
Pianist Cora Mabel
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Micky Baker
Banjo jazz
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Sancoma Everett
Drummer jazz
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Bobby Few
Pianist jazz
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Steve Potts
Saxophonist jazz
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Mike Zwerin
Jennings
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Éric Dufay
Soldier Thain