An Irrepressible Woman

Overview

1940, Jeanne Reichenbach turns her back on a peaceful life to link her destiny to Léon Blum. She's been loving him since her teenage years, and is ready to sacrifice her freedom to mary him at Buchenwald, where he's held prisoner. They will survive together.

Directed by Laurent Heynemann

Top cast

Elsa Zylberstein

Janot Reichenbach

Hippolyte Girardot

Léon Blum

Émilie Dequenne

Renée, Blum's daughter-in-law

Mathilda May

Singer Cora Madou

Philippe Torreton

Pierre Laval

Grégori Derangère

Henri Reichenbach, husband of Janot

Thomas Chabrol

Henry Torres

Jérôme Deschamps

Georges Mandel

Violette Blanckaert

Christiane Mabire

Stéphane Bissot

Béatrice Bretty

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Pierre Kiebbe

Le brigadier d'Urdos

Marie Torreton

Madeleine Zay

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Stéphanie Mathieu

Véra Korène

Alain Stern

Texier

Céline Jorrion

Colette

Éric Paul

Henri Tiffa

C

Christian Joubert

Eugène Montel

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Nahil Rey

Georges Torrès

Alexandre Carrière

Samuel Spanien

Fabrice Adde

Joachim Escher

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