"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."
Raimu
as Colonel Hyacinthe Chabert
Marie Bell
as Countess Rosine Ferraud
Jacques Baumer
as Delbecq, steward
Aimé Clariond
as Maître Derville
Pierre Alcover
as Director of the asylum
Jacques Charon
as Cleric
Roger Blin
Jo Dervo
as
Eddy Debray
Maurice Devienne
René Lacourt
Pierre Lecocq
René Stern
Paul Temps
André Varennes
François Viguier
Arlette Wherly
as Ferraud daughter
Pierre Brulé
as Ferraud son
Edward Gardère
Fernand Fabre
as Count Ferraud
Pierre Cueille
as (uncredited)
Max Dalban
Suzanne Flon
as Albertine, Countess Ferrand's servant (uncredited)
Christian Gérard
Julien Maffre
Roger Prosmer
René Le Hénaff
Director
Honoré de Balzac
Novel
Pierre Benoît
Adaptation
Maurice Griffe
Marc Maurette
Yves Mirande
Dialogue
Édouard Harispuru
Producer
Louis Beydts
Original Music Composer
Marguerite Renoir
Editor
Jacques Colombier
Production Design
Victor Noeppel
Costume Design
Albino
Makeup Artist
Production Manager
Hubert Raskin
Unit Manager
Assistant Director
Jacques Carrère
Sound
Jacques Lebreton
André Germain
Camera Operator
Étiennette Muse
Assistant Editor
Conductor
Georgette Perrin
Script Supervisor
Robert Lefebvre
Director of Photography