The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre) is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on true events in France during the 16th century. (See main article Martin Guerre). The film depicts a case of identity theft after a war, a man showing up in his village several years after his departure, soon eliciting suspicions from his former friends on his identity. In 1983, a book of the same name was written by Natalie Zemon D... more

The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre) is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on true events in France during the 16th century. (See main article Martin Guerre). The film depicts a case of identity theft after a war, a man showing up in his village several years after his departure, soon eliciting suspicions from his former friends on his identity. In 1983, a book of the same name was written by Natalie Zemon Davis, an American historian of early modern France. Sommersby was a 1993 American remake, set after the Civil War, that starred Richard Gere and Jodie Foster. less