A Double Life (1954 film)

A Double Life or Double Destiny (French: Double destin, German: Das zweite Leben) is a 1954 French-West German drama film based upon the play by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Victor Vicas and starring Michel Auclair, Simone Simon and Barbara Rütting.[1] It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse and on location around Paris and Kiedrich in the Rhineland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Ernst Schomer.

A Double Life
French release poster
Directed byVictor Vicas
Written byJean Giraudoux (play)
Frédéric Grendel
Victor Vicas
Dieter Werner
Franz Zimmermann
Produced byGilbert de Goldschmidt
Charles Münzel
Stuart Schulberg
StarringMichel Auclair
Simone Simon
Barbara Rütting
CinematographyAndré Bac
Edited byGeorges Klotz
Ira Oberberg
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
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Hamster Productions
Madeleine Films
Trans-Rhein Film
Distributed byColumbia Film
Release date
  • 12 November 1954 (1954-11-12)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguageGerman

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.742

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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