In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.
Bernard Blier
as Gaston (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
Jane Marken
as Aunt Bertha (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
François Périer
as Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Patricia Roc
as Lieutenant Evelyne (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Louis Jouvet
as Jean Girard (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Noël Roquevert
as Commander (segment "Le retour de Jean")
Noël-Noël
as René (segment "Le retour de René")
Madeleine Gérôme
as Young widow (segment "Le retour de René")
Serge Reggiani
as Louis (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Paul Frankeur
as Mayor (segment "Le retour de Louis")
Gisèle Préville
as Lilian (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
Tanis Chandler
as Captain Betty (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
