---
title: 'A Double Life (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Vicas'
released: '1954-11-12'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-double-life-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047694/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Double Life (1954)

1954 · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Das zweite Leben

## Synopsis

A Double Life or Double Destiny is a 1954 French-West German drama film based upon the play Siegfried (1928) by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Victor Vicas and starring Michel Auclair, Simone Simon and Barbara Rütting. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Victor Vicas](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-vicas)
- **Screenplay:** [Victor Vicas](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-vicas), [Jean Giraudoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-giraudoux)
- **Editor:** [Ira Oberberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-oberberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans-Martin Majewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-martin-majewski)
- **Producer:** [Gilbert de Goldschmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-de-goldschmidt)
- **Director of Photography:** [André Bac](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-bac)

## Cast

- [Marcel Rouzé](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-rouze)
- [Michel Auclair](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-auclair)
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe)
- [Barbara Rütting](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rutting)
- [Georges Vitray](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-vitray)
- [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki)
- [Simone Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-simon)
- [Yvonne Yma](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-yma)
- [Yves Brainville](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-brainville)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-double-life-1954
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