--- title: 'One Life (1958)' type: 'film' director: 'Alexandre Astruc' released: '1958-01-01' runtime_minutes: 86 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-life-1958' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052339/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # One Life (1958) 1958 · 86 min · Drama · France Original title: Une vie ## Synopsis One Life 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alexandre Astruc](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-astruc) - **Screenplay:** [Alexandre Astruc](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-astruc) - **Original Music Composer:** [Roman Vlad](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-vlad) - **Director of Photography:** [Claude Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-renoir) ## Cast - [Antonella Lualdi](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonella-lualdi) - [Louis Arbessier](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-arbessier) - [Ivan Desny](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-desny) - [Pascale Petit](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascale-petit) - [Alexandre Astruc](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-astruc) - [Marie-Hélène Dasté](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-helene-daste) - [Maria Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-schell) - [Gérard Darrieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-darrieu) - [Andrée Tainsy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andree-tainsy) - [Christian Marquand](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-marquand) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-life-1958 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3549824); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.