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Les Diaboliques
1954
The greatest film that Alfred Hitchcock never made, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique is set in a provincial boarding school run by headmaster Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse). A ruthless lothario, he becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his long-suffering invalid wife Christina (Vera Clouzot, the director's own .. Read more
| Starring | Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Jean Brochard, Charles Vanel |
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| Director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Les Diaboliques
The greatest film that Alfred Hitchcock never made, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique is set in a provincial boarding school run by headmaster Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse). A ruthless lothario, he becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his long-suffering invalid wife Christina (Vera Clouzot, the director's own spouse) and his latest mistress, an icy teacher played by Simone Signoret. A dark, dank thriller with a much-imitated shock ending, Diabolique is a masterpiece of Grand Guignol suspense. The simple murder plot goes haywire, and Michel's corpse disappears, prompting strange rumors of his reappearance which grow more and more substantial as the film careens wildly towards its breathless conclusion. Later remade as a greatly inferior 1996 Hollywood feature with Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani.~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Jean Brochard, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault |
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| Director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Studio | AMAZON WEB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French Blu-ray: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1954 To Rent: DVD: 25 Feb 2002 Blu-ray: 25 Apr 2011 |
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Highly influential, suspenseful and scary thriller with a much-copied twist typical of its authors. Slow to start and shabby-looking as befits its grubby school setting, it gathers momentum with the murder and turns the screw with fine professionalism.
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Clouzot's Best?
The wife and mistress of a bullying headmaster of a private school plot together to murder their tormentor by drowning him in a bath. They hide the body where ... read more »
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No doubt a benchmark in cinematic creation
Make no mistake, in the context of when it was made this is a great film, although inevitably it has dated and the plot does contain discrepancies within its ... read more »
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Quelle Horreur!
The film begins boldly - can it live up to this scariest of music (it does) but ends too quickly and neatly. But the ending is its only flaw. The plot is ... read more »
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Far from diabolical film
Had read the good reports so this film had a lot to live up to ansd beleive me it didn't let me down. The scene is perfectly set, the atmosphere the acting ... read more »
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In this heralded French terror classic by director-screenwriter Henri-Georges Clouzot, the wife (Vera Clouzot) of a boys-school headmaster (Paul Merisse) tires of his violent treatment of her, along with his philandering, and teams up with his mistress (Simone Signoret) to drown him and make it ...
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Les Diaboliques
The greatest film that Alfred Hitchcock never made, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique is set in a provincial boarding school run by headmaster Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse). A ruthless lothario, he becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his long-suffering invalid wife Christina (Vera ...
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