The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice

1950 film

The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice

Directed by	Viktor Tourjansky
Written by	Harald Braun Heinz Pauck
Starring	Rudolf Forster Olga Chekhova Heidemarie Hatheyer
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Music by	Lothar Brühne
Production company	Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	15 September 1950 (1950-09-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

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

Rudolf Forster as Professor Hesse
Olga Chekhova as Irene Hesse
Heidemarie Hatheyer as Maria Monnard
Ilse Steppat as Oberschwester Hilde
Rolf von Nauckhoff as Dr. Ihlenfeld
Helmuth Rudolph as Lorheden
Dieter Suchsland as Kai Hesse
Marianne Koch as Katja Hesse
Joseph Offenbach
Peter Lühr
Gunnar Möller
Wastl Witt
Helga Lehn
Dieter von der Recke

References

Bock & Bergfelder p.253

Bibliography

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

External links

The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice at IMDb

v t e Films by Victor Tourjansky
The Masked Woman (1924) That Scoundrel Morin (1924) Prince Charming (1925) Michel Strogoff (1926) Tempest (1928) The Adventurer (1928) Volga Volga (1928) Manolescu (1929) The Eaglet (1931) The Duke of Reichstadt (1931) The Unknown Singer (1931) Student's Hotel (1932) The Orderly (1933) Volga in Flames (1934) The Battle (1934) Dark Eyes (1935) The World's in Love (1935) La Peur (1936) City of Anatol (1936) Wells in Flames (1937) The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937) Faded Melody (1938) Secret Code LB 17 (1938) The Blue Fox (1938) The Postmaster's Daughter (1938) The Governor (1939) A Woman Like You (1939) Enemies (1940) The Chaste Beloved (1940) Illusion (1941) Love Stories (1943) Tonelli (1943) Orient Express (1944) Three Times Comedy (1945) The Blue Straw Hat (1949) The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950) Chased by the Devil (1950) Marriage for One Night (1953) Salto Mortale (1953) Arlette Conquers Paris (1953) Daybreak (1954) Island of the Dead (1955) The Royal Waltz (1955) The Goddess of Love (1957) Heart Without Mercy (1958) Herod the Great (1959) Prisoner of the Volga (1959) The Cossacks (1960) The Pharaohs' Woman (1960) The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961) A Queen for Caesar (1962)

Films by Victor Tourjansky

The Masked Woman (1924)
That Scoundrel Morin (1924)
Prince Charming (1925)
Michel Strogoff (1926)
Tempest (1928)
The Adventurer (1928)
Volga Volga (1928)
Manolescu (1929)
The Eaglet (1931)
The Duke of Reichstadt (1931)
The Unknown Singer (1931)
Student's Hotel (1932)
The Orderly (1933)
Volga in Flames (1934)
The Battle (1934)
Dark Eyes (1935)
The World's in Love (1935)
La Peur (1936)
City of Anatol (1936)
Wells in Flames (1937)
The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
Faded Melody (1938)
Secret Code LB 17 (1938)
The Blue Fox (1938)
The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
The Governor (1939)
A Woman Like You (1939)
Enemies (1940)
The Chaste Beloved (1940)
Illusion (1941)
Love Stories (1943)
Tonelli (1943)
Orient Express (1944)
Three Times Comedy (1945)
The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950)
Chased by the Devil (1950)
Marriage for One Night (1953)
Salto Mortale (1953)
Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
Daybreak (1954)
Island of the Dead (1955)
The Royal Waltz (1955)
The Goddess of Love (1957)
Heart Without Mercy (1958)
Herod the Great (1959)
Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
The Cossacks (1960)
The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
A Queen for Caesar (1962)

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