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The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice

1950 film

The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (German: Der Mann, der zweimal leben wollte) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Rudolf Forster, Olga Chekhova and Heidemarie Hatheyer. The future star Marianne Koch made her debut in this film, having been discovered by the director while working at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

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Synopsis

Professor Hesse, the chief physician at a clinic has a very comfortable existence with his loving wife Irene and two children. Yet he is dissatisfied with his life, and believes he has a right to achieve more. He fakes his death in a car accident with the knowledge only of his attractive secretary and mistress Maria.

His plans to escape abroad are thwarted and he finds himself in a moral dilemma when he hears his son is ill needing medical treatment. He returns to the clinic, but now finds he has been replaced completely in professional and private terms.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Bock & Bergfelder p.253

Bibliography

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.


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