The Angel They Gave Me

The Angel They Gave Me (French: L'ange qu'on m'a donné) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Simone Renant, Jean Chevrier and Gabrielle Dorziat. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location around Vigny in the Val-d'Oise. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugues Laurent.

Synopsis
In 1940 during the German invasion and the fall of France, Claire finds an abandoned baby and brings him up. Five years later after the Allied victory, the boy's father who has been held as a prisoner of war and has now been released wants the child back. Claire manages to get herself hired as governess by the boy's grandmother the Countess de Cébrat at the family's country estate. She discovers the boy's real mother suffering from amnesia in a displaced persons camp and reunites the family, before removing herself from the scene with a heavy heart.

Cast

 * Simone Renant as Claire Girard
 * Jean Chevrier as 	François Lemaresquier
 * Gabrielle Dorziat as La comtesse de Cébrat
 * Catherine Fonteney as 	Mme. Dubreuil - La directrice de la Croix-Rouge
 * Michel Marsay as 	Jean Vernay
 * Mady Berry as 	Nane
 * Jean Wall as 	Jules
 * Anne Laurens as 	Isabelle, l'amnésique
 * Charles Vissières as 	L'aubergiste
 * Albert Glado as 	Le petit Poum
 * Charlotte Ecard
 * Henri Charrett
 * José Davilla
 * Henri Coutet
 * Maurice Marceau
 * Paul Amiot