One Does Not Die That Way

One Does Not Die That Way

95 mins | Drama, Crime | July 3, 1946

In the studio where the famous director Eric Von Berg reigns, Pierre Vanier, the male star of the film and the lover of Berg's muse, dies while rehearsing a scene. Over the course of a tangled investigation, the culprit is unmasked. This honest dresser is the adoptive mother of Vanier's wife, too unhappy with such a husband. The inspector, moved, concludes a suicide.

One Does Not Die That Way

95 mins | Drama, Crime | July 3, 1946

One Does Not Die That Way
In the studio where the famous director Eric Von Berg reigns, Pierre Vanier, the male star of the film and the lover of Berg's muse, dies while rehearsing a scene. Over the course of a tangled investigation, the culprit is unmasked. This honest dresser is the adoptive mother of Vanier's wife, too unhappy with such a husband. The inspector, moved, concludes a suicide.
Producers Tarcali et Neubach
Original title On ne meurt pas comme ça
Directors Jean Boyer
Writers Ernst Neubach, André Tabet

Cast

Erich von Stroheim

as Eric von Berg

Anne-Marie Blanc

as Marianne

Denise Vernac

as Lynn Laurens

Jean Témerson

as Le commissaire

René Havard

as L'assistant

Georges Lannes

as Le docteur Jacques Forestier

Jacqueline Pierreux

as La figurante

Sinoël

as Marcel

Marcel Vallée

as Le producteur

Sylvie

as Suzanne Bouvier

Jean Berton

as Le régisseur