One Life (1958 film)

1958 French film

One Life

Directed by| Alexandre Astruc
Screenplay by| Alexandre Astruc
Roland Laudenbach
Based on| Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant
Produced by| Annie Dorfmann
Cinematography| Claude Renoir
Edited by| Claudine Bouché
Music by| Roman Vlad

Release date

* 24 September 1958 (1958-09-24)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

One Life (French: Une vie) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Alexandre Astruc, starring Maria Schell and Christian Marquand. It is also known as End of Desire in the United States. It is set in the 19th century and tells the story of the unhappy marriage between an idealistic woman of aristocratic background and a cynical man. The film is based on the novel Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant. It was shown in competition at the 19th Venice International Film Festival. It had 2,315,098 admissions in France.[1]

The song "Une Vie", written by Roman Vlad and Marc Lanjean, was released as a single by Maria Schell in 1958, and covered by Eddie Barclay's big band in 1959.

## Cast

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* Maria Schell as Jeanne Dandieu
* Christian Marquand as Julien de Lamare
* Ivan Desny as De Fourcheville
* Pascale Petit as Rosalie
* Antonella Lualdi as Gilberte de Fourcheville
* Louis Arbessier as M. Dandieu
* Marie-Hélène Dasté as Mme. Dandieu
* Michel de Slubicki as Paul de Lamare
* Andrée Tainsy as Ludivine

## See also

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* One Life (2016 film), directed by Stéphane Brizé, also based on the Maupassant novel

## References

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1. ^ "Une vie". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2015-01-07.

## External links

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* One Life at IMDb

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Alexandre Astruc

Films directed|

* The Crimson Curtain (1953)
* Bad Liaisons (1955)
* One Life (1958)
* Prey for the Shadows (1961)
* Sentimental Education (1962)
* The Pit and the Pendulum (1964)
* La Longue marche (1966)
* Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968)
* Albert Savarus (1993)

Written only|

* The Respectful Prostitute (1952)
* The Count of Bragelonne (1954)
* Savage Souls (2001)

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Roland Laudenbach

Films written|

* The Voyage to America (1951)
* The Moment of Truth (1952)
* Good Lord Without Confession (1953)
* Napoleon Road (1953)
* Voice of Silence (1953)
* The Count of Bragelonne (1954)
* Obsession (1954)
* The Unfrocked One (1954)
* Les mauvaises rencontres (1955)
* The Wages of Sin (1956)
* Le insaziabili (1958)
* One Life (1958)
* And Your Sister? (1958)
* Thérèse Étienne (1958)
* Eyes of Love (1959)
* Lovers on a Tightrope (1960)
* Sentimental Education (1962)

Company|

* Éditions de la Table ronde

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