End of Desire (1958)
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon marries. Her happiness is short-lived as she finds out that not only has Julien married her for her money but he cheats on her as well, with Rosalie to crown it all.
Director:
Alexandre Astruc
Writers:
Alexandre Astruc, Roland Laudenbach.
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Maria Schell as Jeanne Dandieu |
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Christian Marquand as Julien de Lamare |
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Pascale Petit as Rosalie |
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Louis Arbessier as Monsieur Dandieu |
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Marie-Hélène Dasté as Madame Dandieu |
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Antonella Lualdi as Gilberte |
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Ivan Desny as De Fourcheville |
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Gérard Darrieu as Un pêcheur |
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Michel Slubicki as Paul de Lamare |
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Andrée Tainsy as Ludivine - la servante |
| Directing | Alexandre Astruc | Director |
| Writing | Guy de Maupassant | Novel |
| Camera | Claude Renoir | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Alexandre Astruc | Screenplay |
| Writing | Roland Laudenbach | Screenplay |
| Production | Agnès Delahaie | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mayo | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucilla Mussini | Costume Design |
| Editing | Claudine Bouché | Editor |
| Art | Paul Bertrand | Production Design |
| Sound | Antoine Archimbaud | Sound |
| Editing | Nadine Trintignant | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Odette Lemarchand | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monique Archambault | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Roman Vlad | Original Music Composer |