| The Return of Martin Guerre | |
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| Directed by | Daniel Vigne |
| Produced by | Daniel Vigne |
| Written by | Daniel Vigne Jean-Claude Carrière Natalie Zemon Davis |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Nathalie Baye Roger Planchon Dominique Pinon |
| Release date(s) | 14 May 1982 |
| Running time | 122 min |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre) is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on historical events in France during the 16th century. (See main article Martin Guerre).
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The film depicts a case of imposture, in which after a war, a man appears in his home village several years after his departure to resume his life. The returnee provoked suspicions by former friends of his identity, but he was initially recognized and embraced by family and other friends because he seemed to know details of the life that only a native could know.
In 1983, a book of the same name was published by Natalie Zemon Davis, an American historian of early modern France. She had served as a consultant and helped write the screenplay for the film. She was a professor at Princeton University.
Sommersby was a 1993 United States remake of the film, set after the American Civil War and starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster.
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