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]

A Double Life
French release poster
Directed by	Victor Vicas
Written by	Jean Giraudoux (play) Frédéric Grendel Victor Vicas Dieter Werner Franz Zimmermann
Produced by	Gilbert de Goldschmidt Charles Münzel Stuart Schulberg
Starring	Michel Auclair Simone Simon Barbara Rütting
Cinematography	André Bac
Edited by	Georges Klotz Ira Oberberg
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production companies	Hamster Productions Madeleine Films Trans-Rhein Film
Distributed by	Columbia Film
Release date	12 November 1954
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	German

The film's art direction was by Alfred Bütow and Ernst Schomer.

Cast

• Michel Auclair as Jacques Frontenac
• Simone Simon as Françoise Dunoyer
• Barbara Rütting as Sybil
• Bernhard Wicki as Rainer von Hohenburg
• Yves Brainville as Garreau
• Gert Fröbe as Mittelmeier
• Rolf von Nauckhoff as Professeur Werner
• Walter Clemens as L'Italien
• Georges Vitray as Gervais
• Herbert von Boxberger
• Otto Friebel
• Marcel Rouzé
• Yvonne Yma
• Elisabeth Scherer

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• A Double Life at IMDb

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