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Diabolique (1955)

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

7.9/10 1h 57m Jan 29, 1955
Thriller Mystery

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Les Diaboliques
Original Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 1.4

Cast

Véra Clouzot
Véra Clouzot
Christina Delassalle
Popularity: 0.2
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret
Nicole Horner
Popularity: 0.9
Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse
Michel Delassalle
Popularity: 0.2
Charles Vanel
Charles Vanel
Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
Popularity: 0.6
Jean Brochard
Jean Brochard
Plantiveau
Popularity: 0.2
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey
Mr. Drain
Popularity: 0.4
Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault
Mr. Raymond
Popularity: 0.9
Yves-Marie Maurin
Yves-Marie Maurin
Moinet
Popularity: 1.2
Georges Poujouly
Georges Poujouly
Soudieu
Popularity: 0.4
Thérèse Dorny
Thérèse Dorny
Mrs. Herboux
Popularity: 0.1
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert
Mr. Herboux
Popularity: 0.5
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Lefebvre
Robert
Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Producer Henri-Georges Clouzot, Georges Lourau
Editor Madeleine Gug
Writer Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi

Production

Véra Films
FR
Filmsonor
FR

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John Badham on DIABOLIQUE
John Badham on DIABOLIQUE
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Three Reasons: Diabolique - The Criterion Collection
Three Reasons: Diabolique - The Criterion Collection
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DIABOLIQUE Trailer (1955) - The Criterion Collection
DIABOLIQUE Trailer (1955) - The Criterion Collection
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Keywords

wife female lover morgue swimming pool teacher plan gone wrong mistress french noir boys' boarding school headmaster philanderer mischievous children missing body abusive husband abused wife wicker trunk frightened woman

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 10/10
Aug 10, 2016

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 t ... Read more

John Chard 10/10
Feb 8, 2017

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 murd ... Read more

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Details
Release Date January 29, 1955
Runtime 1h 57m
Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 1.4
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