On ne meurt que deux fois (1985)
Directed by Jacques Deray

Crime / Thriller
aka: He Died with His Eyes Open

Film Synopsis

In the early hours, Insector Staniland comes across the badly mutilated dead body of a man named Charly Berliner.  Believing this to be a straight-foward case, Staniland's superior Bauman expects him to wrap it up in no time.  At the victim's home, Staniland finds several cassette recordings which reveal Berliner's passion for a certain Barbara Spark.  When, a short while later, the inspector meets Barbara for himself he is struck by her sensual allure.  But what is he to think when she admits, in an ironic tone, that she killed Berliner?  Before he knows it, Staniland has fallen completely under Barbara's spell...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jacques Deray
  • Script: Robin Cook (novel), Jacques Deray, Michel Audiard, Michel Audiard (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Jean Penzer
  • Music: Claude Bolling
  • Cast: Michel Serrault (Inspector Robert Staniland), Charlotte Rampling (Barbara Spark), Xavier Deluc (Marc Spark), Elisabeth Depardieu (Margo Berliner), Jean Leuvrais (Le commissaire Bauman), Jean-Paul Roussillon (Léonce), Maurice Barrier (Arthur Chalon), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Moulard), Julie Jézéquel (Sophie), Albert Delpy (Le médecin légiste), Riton Liebman (Éric Berliner), Luc Florian (Le brigadier), Gérard Darmon (Jean-Loup Soeren), Jean-Pierre Bacri (Barman), Philippe Héliès (L'agent), Christian Bor (L'assistant du médecin légiste), Marc Lamole (Le maître d'hôtel de Cabourg), Patrick Pérez (Chabert), Vincent Solignac (Roger le Quintal), Philippe Auge (Charles Berliner)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Aka: He Died with His Eyes Open

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