The Rays and Shadows

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The Rays and Shadows

2026

3h 19m

7.8(51 votes)

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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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76 members

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Jean Dujardin

Jean Luchaire

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Nastya Golubeva Carax

Corinne Luchaire

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August Diehl

Otto Abetz

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Olivier Chantreau

Guy de Voisins

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Anna Próchniak

Lydia Rogers

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Lucile Vignolles

Suzanne de Bruyker

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Chloé Astor

Françoise Luchaire

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Vincent Colombe

Guy Crouzet

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Maria Cavalier-Bazan

Eva

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Valeriu Andriuță

Léonide Moguy

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François de Brauer

Pierre Labarrière

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Meherio Patoux

Corinne Luchaire (enfant)

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Elina Löwensohn

Tosia Luchaire

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André Marcon

Julien Luchaire

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Philippe Torreton

Le procureur

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Éric De Staercke

Hibbelen

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Colette Crouzet

Marina

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Nicolas Lumbreras

Jérôme, le comptable

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Philippe Lévy

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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Bogdan Zamfir

Wolrad

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Santiago Godoy-Giraldo

Lorenço

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Jochen Hägele

Obliz

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Oliver Bigalke

Gottschalk

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Franz Lang

De Wiet

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Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit

Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique

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Nicolas Avinée

Philippe

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Éric Herson-Macarel

Medecin

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Giorgia Sinicorni

Delphine, vendeuse mode

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Markus Schleinzer

General Van Haffel

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Armand Eloi

Amiral Darian

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Philipp Weissert

Friedrich

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Alban Aumard

Waffen SS meeting

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Mike Maas

Wehrmacht officer

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Rodolphe Sand

Corinne's agent

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Aurore Broutin

Woman in the resistance

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Fabrice Delorme

Man in the resistance

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Stéphane Avril

Man in the tavern

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Damien Gouy

Young Gaullist soldier

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David Baalcke

Von Choltitz

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Jacques Ledran

Embassy employee

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Mathilde Bisson

Woman Maxim's

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Amra Guthleben

Young Brigitte Luchaire

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Elise Diamant

Ginette Leclerc

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Catherine Lairaud

Prison guard

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Émilie Pierson

Sanatorium nurse 1

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Fabienne Boutin

Sanatorium nurse 2

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Sylvain Saint-Jalmes

Sceptical journalist

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Christian Schweda

Gestapo Man 1

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Chris Zastera

Gestapo Man 2

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Simon Dubois

FFI Man 1

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Lionel Ales

FFI Man 2

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Aurélien Lorgnier

Bertrand announcer

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Emmanuel Georges

Man in the park 1

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Vincent Lagahe

Man in the park 2

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Jean Pierre Horcholle

Moguy producer

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Nicolas Benoist

Surgeon

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Katia Crivellari

Paris nurse

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Nicolas de Lavergne

Anonymous man

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Frédéric Liévain

Sacha Guitry

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Antoine Pinquier

Moguy assistant director

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Thomas Arnaud

Prunier journalist

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Fabien Jegoudez

SS Officer Maxim's

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Alexandre Rudel

German officer 2

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Pauline Sagetat

German comedian

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August Brisson-Ingemarrson

Scouts' choir member

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Gustaf Brisson-Ingemarsson

Scouts' choir member

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Louis Mahé

Scouts' choir member

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Daniel Garlitsky

Violinist jazz club

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Kate Arley

Baroness Ivanov (uncredited)

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Mathieu Brassier

Park guard (uncredited)

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Adèle Montebourg

Young woman Maxim's (uncredited)

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Simone Mumford

Russian countess (uncredited)

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Sara Novak

Russian countess (uncredited)

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Xavier Pitois

Moguy assistant

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Clément Vanmel

Roger Duchesne (uncredited)

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Lucas Varoclier

Eva's son (uncredited)

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