Film

Man Wants to Live

1961 · 1h 50m · Drama

Professor Chardin has just killed a man. Before calling the police to turn himself in, he burns some leaves and a notebook in the fireplace. Secret agents in the street with listening devices flee when the police arrive. The professor refuses to be defended by a lawyer and to explain himself, but his friend Professor Carter and his wife come to his support and he agrees to explain his crime of inventing the H-bomb, the secret of which was stolen from him by his collaborator Rossi at the very moment when he had given up his research, convinced by Albert Einstein's pacifist plea and other personal circumstances.

Yves Massard

Yves Chardin

Jacqueline Huet

Mme Chardin

John Justin

Carter

Claudio Gora

Rossi

Emilio Carrer

Suzanne Courtal

Louis Grizzi

Lucien Hubert

Valéry Inkijinoff

Robert Le Béal

Alix Mahieux

Anthony Stuart

Carl Studer

Henry Torrès

Bachir Touré

Jacques de Vos

• Léonide MoguyDirector · Writer
• Henri TouèsWriter

Release date

November 6, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama