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Diabolique

Name: Diabolique
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1955-01-29
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 7.888

★ 7,9 /10 (1,114 Votes)

1955 FR 118 min

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.

Stream

Rent

Release date

29/01/1955

Votes

1,114

Popularity

3.4

See it, be amazed at it, but...BE QUIET ABOUT IT!

Genres

Thriller Mystery

Status

Released

Original title

Les Diaboliques

Language

Runtime

118 min

Véra Clouzot

Christina Delassalle

Simone Signoret

Nicole Horner

Paul Meurisse

Michel Delassalle

Charles Vanel

Police Inspector Alfred Fichet

Jean Brochard

Plantiveau

Pierre Larquey

Mr. Drain

Michel Serrault

Mr. Raymond

Yves-Marie Maurin

Moinet

Georges Poujouly

Soudieu

Thérèse Dorny

Mrs. Herboux

Noël Roquevert

Mr. Herboux

Jean Lefebvre

Robert

Robert Dalban

Garage Owner

Georges Chamarat

Dr. Loisy

Madeleine Suffel

Counter Clerk

Jean Témerson

Hotel Janitor

Jacques Hilling

Morgue Receptionist

Camille Guérini

Photographer

Jacques Varennes

Dr. Bridoux

No photo

Henri Humbert

Patard (uncredited)

Michel Dumur

Ritberger (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Bonnefous

Gascuel (uncredited)

Johnny Hallyday

Student (uncredited)

Jimmy Urbain

Student (uncredited)

Henri Coutet

Employee of the Morgue (uncredited)

Christian Brocard

Man in the Morgue (uncredited)

Jean Clarieux

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Zappy Max

Radio Game-show Host (voice) (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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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 wait to check out the rest of his oeuvre.

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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 that once they murder him, his body disappears and reported sightings of him are adding to the ladies' paranoia. Thus is the setting for director Henri-Georges Clouzot's brilliant suspenser. The pace is stiflingly perfect, he gently racks up the tension, neatly toying with audience expectation, the sense of dread t…

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