The Eternal Return (French: L'Éternel retour) is a 1943 French romantic drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Madeleine Sologne and Jean Marais. The screenplay was written by Jean Cocteau as a retelling of Tristan and Isolde set in contemporary France. In the United Kingdom, the film was released in 1946 by Eagle-Lion Distributors under the alternative title Love Eternal.
It was made at the Victorine Studios in Nice with sets designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. The film's costumes were by Georges Annenkov. Location shooting took place at the Chateau de Pesteils in Polminhac. It premiered in Vichy and was one of the greatest commercial hits of the occupation period.
Cast
Madeleine Sologne as Nathalie, the blonde
Jean Marais as Patrice
Jean Murat as Marc
Junie Astor as Nathalie, the brunette
Roland Toutain as Lionel
Jane Marken as Anne
Jean d'Yd as Amédée Frossin
Piéral as Achille Frossin
Yvonne de Bray as Gertrude Frossin
Alexandre Rignault as Morholt