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All Men Are Mortal (Original title)
Dates: 1995 (Copyright), 05 January 1996 (Release)

Countries: Netherlands, France, United Kingdom

Director: Ate de Jong

Synopsis: Set in post-war France with its newly-formed 'existentialist' movement, film concerns a successful actress who craves fame beyond her lifetime. While on a provincial tour, she meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger who, in a moment of desperation, reveals he is immortal.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 17 November 1995Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8144 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (47)
Production Company: Nova, Production Company: European Script Fund, Production Company: European Co-Production Fund (UK), Production Company: Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe, Production Company: Sigma Films, Executive Producer: Frédéric Golchan, Producer: Matthijs van Heijningen, Producer: Rudolf Wichmann, Line Producer: Trevor Ingman, [Post-production Supervisor]: Anthony Sloman, Production Assistant (UK): Sharon Lark, Tim Crimes, Assistant Director (1st): Richard Lingard, Script Supervisor: Susie Oldroyd, Casting Director: Joyce Nettles, Screenplay: Olwen Wymark, Screenplay: Ate de Jong, Screenplay: Stephen Gaydos, Based on the novel by: Simone de Beauvoir, Director of Photography: Bruno de Keyzer, Focus Puller: Isabelle Casez, Gaffer: Michel Lefrançois, Electrician: Roel Sixma Van Ypma, Electrician: Wigger Tenge, Editor: Nicolas Gaster, Production Designer: Ben van Os, Art Department Manager: Karin van der Werff, Art Director: Constance de Vos, Set Decorator: Ank van Straalen, Set Dresser: Linda Termars, Set Dresser: Erly Brugmans, Scenic Artist: Todd van Hulzen, Prop maker: Mariette Steenbreker, Prop Maker: Lou Huys, Assistant Prop Master/Driver: Rene de Gooyer, Costume Designer: Jany Temime, Wardrobe Assistant: Mariella Kallenberg, Wilfrid Laudigina, Make-up Designer: Morag Ross, Annie Spiers, Special Make-up Effects: Christopher Tucker, Hair Designer: Stevie Hall, Music: Michael Gibbs, Music: Simon Fisher Turner, [Music]: Klaus Doldinger, Sound Recording: Godfrey Kirby
Cast (10)
Stephen Rea (Fosca), Irène Jacob (Regina), Marianne Sägebrecht (Annie), Colin Salmon (Chas), Derek de Lint (Bertus), Maggie O'Neill (Florence), John Nettles (Sanier), Steve Nicolson (Laforet), Jango Edwards (Adelson), Chiara Mastroianni (Françoise)