The Rays and Shadows
Xavier Giannoli2026-03-18
7.524
199 min
Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Jean Dujardin | Jean Luchaire | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Nastya Golubeva Carax | Corinne Luchaire | Unowned |
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August Diehl | Otto Abetz | Unowned |
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Olivier Chantreau | Guy de Voisins | Unowned |
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Anna Próchniak | Lydia Rogers | Unowned |
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Lucile Vignolles | Suzanne de Bruyker | Unowned |
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Chloé Astor | Françoise Luchaire | Unowned |
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Vincent Colombe | Guy Crouzet | Unowned |
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Maria Cavalier-Bazan | Eva | Unowned |
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Valeriu Andriuță | Léonide Moguy | Unowned |
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François de Brauer | Pierre Labarrière | Unowned |
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Meherio Patoux | Corinne Luchaire (enfant) | Unowned |
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Elina Löwensohn | Tosia Luchaire | Unowned |
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André Marcon | Julien Luchaire | Unowned |
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Philippe Torreton | Le procureur | Unowned |
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Éric De Staercke | Hibbelen | Unowned |
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Colette Crouzet | Marina | Unowned |
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Nicolas Lumbreras | Jérôme, le comptable | Unowned |
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Philippe Lévy | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Unowned |
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Bogdan Zamfir | Wolrad | Unowned |
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Santiago Godoy-Giraldo | Lorenço | Unowned |
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Jochen Hägele | Obliz | Unowned |
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Oliver Bigalke | Gottschalk | Unowned |
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Franz Lang | De Wiet | Unowned |
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Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit | Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique | Unowned |
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Nicolas Avinée | Philippe | Unowned |
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Éric Herson-Macarel | Medecin | Unowned |
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Giorgia Sinicorni | Delphine, vendeuse mode | Unowned |
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Markus Schleinzer | General Van Haffel | Unowned |
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Armand Eloi | Amiral Darian | Unowned |
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Philipp Weissert | Friedrich | Unowned |
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Alban Aumard | Waffen SS meeting | Unowned |
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Mike Maas | Wehrmacht officer | Unowned |
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Rodolphe Sand | Corinne's agent | Unowned |
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Aurore Broutin | Woman in the resistance | Unowned |
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Fabrice Delorme | Man in the resistance | Unowned |
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Stéphane Avril | Man in the tavern | Unowned |
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Damien Gouy | Young Gaullist soldier | Unowned |
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David Baalcke | Von Choltitz | Unowned |
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Jacques Ledran | Embassy employee | Unowned |
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Mathilde Bisson | Woman Maxim's | Unowned |
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Amra Guthleben | Young Brigitte Luchaire | Unowned |
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Elise Diamant | Ginette Leclerc | Unowned |
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Catherine Lairaud | Prison guard | Unowned |
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Émilie Pierson | Sanatorium nurse 1 | Unowned |
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Fabienne Boutin | Sanatorium nurse 2 | Unowned |
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Sylvain Saint-Jalmes | Sceptical journalist | Unowned |
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Christian Schweda | Gestapo Man 1 | Unowned |
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Chris Zastera | Gestapo Man 2 | Unowned |
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Simon Dubois | FFI Man 1 | Unowned |
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Lionel Ales | FFI Man 2 | Unowned |
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Aurélien Lorgnier | Bertrand announcer | Unowned |
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Emmanuel Georges | Man in the park 1 | Unowned |
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Vincent Lagahe | Man in the park 2 | Unowned |
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Jean Pierre Horcholle | Moguy producer | Unowned |
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Nicolas Benoist | Surgeon | Unowned |
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Katia Crivellari | Paris nurse | Unowned |
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Nicolas de Lavergne | Anonymous man | Unowned |
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Frédéric Liévain | Sacha Guitry | Unowned |
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Antoine Pinquier | Moguy assistant director | Unowned |
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Thomas Arnaud | Prunier journalist | Unowned |
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Fabien Jegoudez | SS Officer Maxim's | Unowned |
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Alexandre Rudel | German officer 2 | Unowned |
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Pauline Sagetat | German comedian | Unowned |
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August Brisson-Ingemarrson | Scouts' choir member | Unowned |
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Gustaf Brisson-Ingemarsson | Scouts' choir member | Unowned |
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Louis Mahé | Scouts' choir member | Unowned |
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Daniel Garlitsky | Violinist jazz club | Unowned |
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Kate Arley | Baroness Ivanov (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mathieu Brassier | Park guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Adèle Montebourg | Young woman Maxim's (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Simone Mumford | Russian countess (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sara Novak | Russian countess (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Xavier Pitois | Moguy assistant | Unowned |
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Clément Vanmel | Roger Duchesne (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lucas Varoclier | Eva's son (uncredited) | Unowned |