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Les Diaboliques
Uniform Title
Diaboliques (Motion picture : 1955)
Title
Les Diaboliques [videorecording] / Filmsonor Société Anonyme présente ; producteur associé, Vera Films ; produit et dirigé par H.G. Clouzot ; scénario et dialogues de H.G. Clouzot et Jérome Geronimi.
ISBN
9781604654141
1604654147
Edition
Blu-ray ed.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description
1 Blu-ray disc (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Adapted from the novel: Celle qui n'etait plus / Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: Selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway; new video introduction by Serge Bromberg, codirector of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Inferno"; new video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman; original theatrical trailer; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys.
In French with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Suspense classic that influenced the 1960 movie, Psycho, by Alfred Hitchcock. Tells the story of a sadistic headmaster of a Parisian boarding school who is murdered by his wife and mistress, whom he has mistreated. The women dump his body in a swimming pool. When the pool is drained, the body has disappeared. Then come reports of sightings, terrifying his killers.
Variant and related titles
English title from subtitles: Devils
Title on container: Diabolique
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2019
Series
Criterion collection ; 35
Credits
Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys.
Cast
Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault.
System details note
Blu-ray Disc, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
35 The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - France.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Detective and mystery films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Also listed under
Vera Film.
Filmsonor (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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