The Return of Martin Guerre
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- ... to be one of those small, almost imperceptible, but ineffaceable birthmarks. Martin wore his hair very long, it was difficult to see if the mark were there or not. --Martin Guerre (from Celebrated Crimes) Alexandre Dumas
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.
Remake
Sommersby was a 1993 American remake, set after the Civil War, that starred Richard Gere and Jodie Foster.
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