LES DIABOLIQUES
synopsis
Christina Delasalle suffers greatly at the hands of her brutish husband Michel. She inherited the boys boarding school they run but it's clearly Michel who is in charge. With Nicole Horner - one of the teachers and Michel's former lover - they decide to kill him. Christina, who has a serious condition, is terrified. By chance, she meets a retired police inspector who decides to look into the case.
original title: | Les diaboliques |
country: | France |
year: | 1955 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
film run: | 117' |
release date: | FR 29/01/1955, BE 25/03/1955, DE 29/04/1955, SE 11/07/1955, DK 31/08/1955, AT 10/1955, NL 18/11/1955, UK 12/1955, FI 30/03/1956, IT 31/10/1956, ES 28/04/1957, TR 11/1957, PT 20/02/1959, HU 24/05/1967, GR 14/10/2004, LT 24/01/2019 |
screenplay: | Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi |
cast: | Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse |
cinematography by: | Armand Thirard |
film editing: | Madeleine Gug |
producer: | Henri-Georges Clouzot |