Overview:
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.| Original Title: | Les Diaboliques |
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| Status: | Released (1955-01-29) |
| Awards: | 5 wins total |
| Screen: | Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Productions: | Véra Films, Filmsonor |
| Production Countries: | France |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français |
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Casts
- 2569: Véra Clouzot - Christina Delassalle
- 12266: Simone Signoret - Nicole Horner
- 12267: Paul Meurisse - Michel Delassalle
- 2566: Charles Vanel - Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
- 12268: Jean Brochard - Plantiveau
- 12269: Pierre Larquey - Mr. Drain
- 12270: Michel Serrault - Mr. Raymond
Crews
- 2559: Henri-Georges Clouzot - Director - Directing
- 2559: Henri-Georges Clouzot - Producer - Production
- 12262: Georges Van Parys - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 2579: Armand Thirard - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2580: Madeleine Gug - Editor - Editing
- 12264: Léon Barsacq - Art Direction - Art
- 12265: William Robert Sivel - Sound Designer - Sound
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I have only seen but two of Clouzot's films (this and the equally brilliant 'The Wages of Fear'), but I understand immediately what connoisseurs mean when they say he's the French Alfred Hitchcock. He has an innate and unbelievably vivid and accurate take on human nature. I can't wai ....
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The keys in the pool, the husband in the morgue! You dream too much about water in this house! Headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delaselle (Paul Meurisse) is a brooding bully of a man, one day his wife and mistress decide enough is enough and plot to kill him, trouble is tha ....
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