The Rays and Shadows (2026) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Xavier Giannoli.

Cast

• Jean Dujardin as Jean Luchaire
• Nastya Golubeva Carax as Corinne Luchaire
• August Diehl as Otto Abetz
• Olivier Chantreau as Guy de Voisins
• Anna Próchniak as Lydia Rogers
• Lucile Vignolles as Suzanne de Bruyker
• Chloé Astor as Françoise Luchaire
• Vincent Colombe as Guy Crouzet
• Maria Cavalier-Bazan as Eva
• Valeriu Andriuță as Léonide Moguy
• François de Brauer as Pierre Labarrière
• Meherio Patoux as Corinne Luchaire (enfant)
• Elina Löwensohn as Tosia Luchaire
• André Marcon as Julien Luchaire
• Philippe Torreton as Le procureur
• Éric De Staercke as Hibbelen
• Colette Crouzet as Marina
• Nicolas Lumbreras as Jérôme, le comptable
• Philippe Lévy as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
• Bogdan Zamfir as Wolrad
• Santiago Godoy-Giraldo as Lorenço
• Jochen Hägele as Obliz
• Oliver Bigalke as Gottschalk
• Franz Lang as De Wiet
• Nicolas Biaud-Mauduit as Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique
• Nicolas Avinée as Philippe
• Éric Herson-Macarel as Medecin
• Giorgia Sinicorni as Delphine, vendeuse mode
• Markus Schleinzer as General Van Haffel
• Armand Eloi as Amiral Darian
• Philipp Weissert as Friedrich
• Alban Aumard as Waffen SS meeting
• Mike Maas as Wehrmacht officer
• Rodolphe Sand as Corinne's agent
• Aurore Broutin as Woman in the resistance
• Fabrice Delorme as Man in the resistance
• Stéphane Avril as Man in the tavern
• Damien Gouy as Young Gaullist soldier
• David Baalcke as Von Choltitz
• Jacques Ledran as Embassy employee

Crew

• Xavier Giannoli — Director
• Xavier Giannoli — Screenplay
• Jacques Fieschi — Screenplay
• Patrick Godeau — Screenplay
• Yves Stavrides — Screenplay
• Christophe Beaucarne — Director of Photography
• Patrick Godeau — Producer
• Olivier Delbosc — Producer
• Sidonie Dumas — Producer
• Guillaume Roussel — Original Music Composer

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