End of Desire
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alexandre Astruc
Maria Schell
Christian Marquand
Pascale Petit
Ivan Desny
Antonella Lualdi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 19th-century Normandy, Jeanne Dandieu falls in love with the debonair Julien de la Mare. Their honeymoon is happy and memorable, but it is not long before the young wife is forced to accept the fact that Julien married her to pay his debts. So strong is her love, however, that she ignores the situation. Furthermore, she must bear the knowledge that Julien has fathered a child by her maid, Rosalie. When Jeanne gives birth to a son, she is given hope that Julien will return her love, but he remains as remote and passive as ever. Eventually he takes another mistress, Ghilberte Fourcheville, the beautiful wife of a former friend. Monsieur Fourcheville is not as tolerant as the loving Jeanne, and when he catches the lovers together, he kills them both. Jeanne, her life now devoid of love and hope, must find a way to continue alone.
Director
Alexandre Astruc
Cast
Maria Schell
Christian Marquand
Pascale Petit
Ivan Desny
Antonella Lualdi
Marie-hélène Dasté
Louis Arbessier
Michel De Slubicki
Andrée Tainsy
Gérard Darrieu
Crew
Alex Archambault
Monique Archambault
Antoine Archimbaud
Alexandre Astruc
Colette Baudot
Henri Berger
Paul Bertrand
Claudine Bouché
Claude Clément
Savin Couelle
Agnès Delahaie
Annie Dorfmann
René Fargeas
Roger Gleize
Daniel Laguille
Roland Laudenbach
Roland Laudenbach
Odette Lemarchand
Lucien Lippens
Lucilla
André-jacques Manson
Monique Maraquin
Nadine Marquand
Mayo
Claude Renoir
Henri Richard
Eugène Roman
Gabriel Salagnac
Paul Seban
Roger Tellier
Paulette Ten-have
Román Vlad
Roger Volper
Herman G. Weinberg
Andréas Winding
Louis Wipf
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Normandy, Brittany, and Paris. Opened in Paris in September 1958 as Une vie; running time: 100 min (alternative running time: 86 min). Opened in Rome in February 1959 as Una vita. Venice Film Festival (1958) running time: 105 min. Also known as One Life.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1958
Released in United States 1962
Shown at the 1958 Veince Film Festival.
Released in United States 1958 (Shown at the 1958 Veince Film Festival.)
Released in United States 1962
