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"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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.778/10

Release Date

01 July 1947

Country

France

Cast

Micheline Presle

Micheline Presle

Eve Charlier

Marcello Pagliero

Marcello Pagliero

Pierre Dumaine

Marguerite Moreno

Marguerite Moreno

La dame de l'au-delà

Charles Dullin

Charles Dullin

Le marquis

Fernand Fabre

Fernand Fabre

André Charlier

Jacques Erwin

Jacques Erwin

Jean Aguerra

Colette Ripert

Colette Ripert

Lucette

Marcel Mouloudji

Marcel Mouloudji

Lucien Derjeu

Guy Decomble

Guy Decomble

Poulain

Howard Vernon

Howard Vernon

Le chef milicien

Jim Gérald

Jim Gérald

Renaudel

Renaud Mary

Renaud Mary

Un milicien

André Carnège

André Carnège

Le ministre de la justice

Andrée Ducret

Andrée Ducret

Madame Astin

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Georges

Jean Daurand

Jean Daurand

Paulo

Edmond Beauchamp

Edmond Beauchamp

Dixonne

Jean Reynols

Jean Reynols

Léon Daubrel

Léon Daubrel

Lucien Dorval

Lucien Dorval

Daniel Fillion

Daniel Fillion

Gérard Saint-Val

Gérard Saint-Val

Marfa d'Hervilly

Marfa d'Hervilly

Danièle Delorme

Danièle Delorme

La noyée

Frédéric Mariotti

Frédéric Mariotti

Un mort

Paul Ollivier

Paul Ollivier

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