''Death No Longer Awaits'' (French: ''Le mort ne reçoit plus'') is a 1944 French

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Jean Tarride Jean Tarride (1901–1980) was a French actor and film director. He was the brother of the actor Jacques Tarride. Selected filmography Director * ' (1931) * ' (1932) * ''The Yellow Dog (1932 film), The Yellow Dog'' (1932) * ''Étienne (film), Éti ...

and starring

Jules Berry Jules Berry (; born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor. Biography Early life Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 1 ...

, Jacqueline Gauthier and Gérard Landry.Hayward p.241 It was shot at the Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios and Victorine Studios in

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Georges Wakhévitch Georges Wakhévitch (; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Par ...

Synopsis

The relatives of Jérôme Armandy gather at his

château A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking re ...

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to hear the reading of his will, with the prospect of an inheritance of seventeen million

francs The franc is any of various units of currency. One franc is typically divided into 100 centimes. The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription ''francorum rex'' ( King of the Franks) used on early French coins and until the 18th centur ...

hidden away on the property. Several unexpected events occur to the guests including a murder and the dramatic reappearance of the supposedly dead Jérôme.

Cast

as Jérôme Armandy * Jacqueline Gauthier as Jeanne Dumont * Gérard Landry as Claude Desbordes *

Jacques Louvigny Jacques Louvigny (1884–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Hayward p.241 Selected filmography * '' Delphine'' (1931) * ''On purge bébé'' (1931) * '' Fanfare of Love'' (1935) * '' The Squadron's Baby'' (1935) * ''The Lover of Madame Vidal' ...

as Firmin *

Thérèse Dorny Thérèse Dorny (born Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni; 18 September 1891 – 14 March 1976) was a French film and stage actress. Biography Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni was born on 18 September 1891 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, the only child ...

as Mademoiselle Verdelier *

Félix Oudart Félix Charles Oudart (8 June 1881 – 10 August 1956) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.452 Selected filmography * '' Crainquebille'' (1922) * '' Abduct Me'' (1932) * '' Toto'' (1933) * '' Theodore and Company'' (1933) * '' George and G ...

as Alexandre * Madeleine Suffel as Madame Marchal * Jacques Tarride as Le juge Armandy * Georges Lannes as Le procureur * Raymond Aimos as Raymond le raccourci * Janine Merrey as Mme Bonnemain *

Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and ...

as La maîtresse de Firmin

References

Bibliography

* Hayward, Susan. ''Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign''. Continuum, 2004. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1944 films French crime films 1944 crime films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jean Tarride French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films shot at Victorine Studios Films set in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {{1940s-France-film-stub