The Rays and Shadows

The Rays and Shadows

The Rays and Shadows

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The Rays and Shadows

2026

3h 19m

7.7(44 votes)

Drama

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Overview

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.

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Curiosa Films

France 3 Cinéma

Gaumont

Cast & Crew

30 members

Acting

Jean Dujardin

Jean Luchaire

Jean Dujardin

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Nastya Golubeva Carax

Corinne Luchaire

Nastya Golubeva Carax

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August Diehl

Otto Abetz

August Diehl

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Olivier Chantreau

Guy de Voisins

Olivier Chantreau

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Anna Próchniak

Lydia Rogers

Anna Próchniak

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Lucile Vignolles

Suzanne de Bruyker

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Chloé Astor

Françoise Luchaire

Chloé Astor

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Vincent Colombe

Guy Crouzet

Vincent Colombe

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Maria Cavalier-Bazan

Eva

Maria Cavalier-Bazan

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Valeriu Andriuță

Léonide Moguy

Valeriu Andriuță

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François de Brauer

Pierre Labarrière

François de Brauer

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Meherio Patoux

Corinne Luchaire (enfant)

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Elina Löwensohn

Tosia Luchaire

Elina Löwensohn

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André Marcon

Julien Luchaire

André Marcon

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Philippe Torreton

Le procureur

Philippe Torreton

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Éric De Staercke

Hibbelen

Éric De Staercke

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Colette Crouzet

Marina

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Nicolas Lumbreras

Jérôme, le comptable

Nicolas Lumbreras

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Philippe Lévy

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Philippe Lévy

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Bogdan Zamfir

Wolrad

Bogdan Zamfir

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Santiago Godoy-Giraldo

Lorenço

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Jochen Hägele

Obliz

Jochen Hägele

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Oliver Bigalke

Gottschalk

Oliver Bigalke

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Franz Lang

De Wiet

Franz Lang

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Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit

Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique

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Nicolas Avinée

Philippe

Nicolas Avinée

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Éric Herson-Macarel

Medecin

Éric Herson-Macarel

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Giorgia Sinicorni

Delphine, vendeuse mode

Giorgia Sinicorni

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Markus Schleinzer

General Van Haffel

Markus Schleinzer

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Armand Eloi

Amiral Darian

Armand Eloi

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