Jean Desailly
as Larzac
The Mark of the Day
1949
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7.0
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Drama
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101m
FR
• French
Director: Louis Daquin
Writers: Louis Daquin, Vladimir Pozner
In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work. The young engineer Larzac, newly appointed to the mine, will soon oppose the authoritarian and conservative methods of his superior Dubard. Georges Gohelle would like to marry Marie Bréhard, but housing difficulties thwart their plans. Brezza, a Polish immigrant, who must return to his country, would like to hate his marriage to Louise Gohelle. Roger, Marie's little brother, has just turned 14. He does not want to go down to the mine as his elders have always done. He will however have to resign himself to it. Marles evokes for him the social struggles of 1906. Roger is injured during a landslide. In front of his family and his friend Marles, who had come to the hospital, he announced his decision to continue his profession. Larzac, invited to the Marles, reveals that he refused a quiet position at the Charbonnages de Paris. He too stays.
Cast
René Lefèvre
as Dubard
Marie-Hélène Dasté
as Madame Bréhard
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Pierre Français
as Brezza
Michel Piccoli
as Georges Gohelle
Loleh Bellon
as Marie Bréhard
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Jean-Pierre Grenier
as Marles
Gaston Modot
as Tiberghien
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Guy Sargis
as Roger
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Catherine Monot
as Louise
Paul Frankeur
as Bac (uncredited)
Serge Grave
as Corentin (uncredited)
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Hélène Gerber
as Emma Marles (uncredited)
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Pierre Latour
as Noël (uncredited)
Léon Larive
as Vetusto (uncredited)
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Suzanne Demars
as Mother Gohelle (uncredited)
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Lise Graf
as Mother Marles (uncredited)
Guy Favières
as Old Miner (uncredited)
Julien Verdier
as Miner (uncredited)
Louis Daquin
as Miner (uncredited)
Yvette Etiévant
as (uncredited)
