---
title: 'He Who Must Die (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jules Dassin'
released: '1957-05-04'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/he-who-must-die-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050237/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# He Who Must Die (1957)

1957 · 133 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: Celui qui doit mourir

## Synopsis

He Who Must Die is a 1957 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin. It is based on the novel Christ Recrucified by Nikos Kazantzakis. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jules Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-dassin)
- **Screenplay:** [Jules Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-dassin), [Ben Barzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-barzman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Auric](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-auric)
- **Producer:** [Henri Bérard](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-berard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jacques Natteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-natteau)
- **Editor:** [Roger Dwyre](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-dwyre)

## Cast

- [René Lefèvre](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-lefevre)
- [Carl Möhner](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-mohner)
- [Lucien Raimbourg](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-raimbourg)
- [Grégoire Aslan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregoire-aslan)
- [Melina Mercouri](https://cinepixo.com/people/melina-mercouri)
- [Joe Dassin](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dassin)
- [Dimos Starenios](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimos-starenios)
- [Jean Servais](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-servais)
- [Roger Hanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-hanin)
- [Maurice Ronet](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-ronet)
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe)
- [Fernand Ledoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-ledoux)
- [Nicole Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-berger)
- [Teddy Bilis](https://cinepixo.com/people/teddy-bilis)
- [Pierre Vaneck](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-vaneck)

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