The Chips Are Down (1949)

  • NR
  • 02/01/1949 (US)
  • Drama, Fantasy
  • 1h 45m

Overview

"Les jeux sont faits," is a fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the afterlife. They are offered a second chance at life if they can prove their love is real or be doomed to roam the earth as ghosts.

Jean Delannoy

Director

Jean-Paul Sartre

Writer

Cast

Micheline Presle's headshot

Micheline Presle

Eve Charlier
Marcello Pagliero's headshot

Marcello Pagliero

Pierre Dumaine
Marguerite Moreno's headshot

Marguerite Moreno

La dame de l'au-delà
Charles Dullin's headshot

Charles Dullin

Le marquis
Fernand Fabre's headshot

Fernand Fabre

André Charlier
Jacques Erwin's headshot

Jacques Erwin

Jean Aguerra
Colette Ripert's headshot

Colette Ripert

Lucette
Marcel Mouloudji's headshot

Marcel Mouloudji

Lucien Derjeu

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