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The Mark of the Day

7.0 101 mins Drama   1949
CinĂ© France  
Director(s): Louis Daquin

Release Date: 06 Wed, Apr 1949

In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake up and prepare for a new day at work. The young engineer Larzac, newly appointed to the mine, will soon oppose the authoritarian and conservative methods of his superior Dubard. Georges Gohelle would like to marry Marie Bréhard, but housing difficulties thwart their plans. Brezza, a Polish immigrant, who must return to his country, would like to hate his marriage to Louise Gohelle. Roger, Marie's little brother, has just turned 14. He does not want to go down to the mine as his elders have always done. He will however have to resign himself to it. Marles evokes for him the social struggles of 1906. Roger is injured during a landslide. In front of his family and his friend Marles, who had come to the hospital, he announced his decision to continue his profession. Larzac, invited to the Marles, reveals that he refused a quiet position at the Charbonnages de Paris. He too stays.

Casts of The Mark of the Day

Jean Desailly

as Larzac

René Lefèvre

as Dubard

Marie-Hélène Dasté

as Madame Bréhard

Pierre Français

as Brezza

Michel Piccoli

as Georges Gohelle

Loleh Bellon

as Marie Bréhard

Gaston Modot

as Tiberghien

Guy Sargis

as Roger

Catherine Monot

as Louise

Paul Frankeur

as Bac (uncredited)

Serge Grave

as Corentin (uncredited)

Hélène Gerber

as Emma Marles (uncredited)

Pierre Latour

as Noël (uncredited)

Léon Larive

as Vetusto (uncredited)

Suzanne Demars

as Mother Gohelle (uncredited)

Lise Graf

as Mother Marles (uncredited)

Guy Favières

as Old Miner (uncredited)

Julien Verdier

as Miner (uncredited)

Louis Daquin

as Miner (uncredited)

Yvette Etiévant

as (uncredited)

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