A Double Life (1947)

Directed by

George Cukor

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An actor starts to lose his grip on reality as he becomes consumed by the role he is playing on stage. His obsessive performance begins to blur the lines between fiction and real life.

tensepsychologically intenseslow-burndarkclaustrophobicunsettlingmelancholicgripping

What happens

A Double Life is a 1947 American film noir that tells the story of Tony John, an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character whom he portrays. It stars Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso and was directed by George Cukor, with its screenplay written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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