The Director of a private school Michel Delasalle a bad husband and a very bad man. His colleagues can not stand his wife Christine, and even his mistress Nicole. Christina, which actually belongs to a school, wants a divorce, but Michelle says that would rather kill poor woman, than allow their ruin.
Pushed to the limit, the former rivals are solved on an extreme step drown Michel, during the weekend. Will only hide the corpse to the police about the disappearance and forget about this nightmare. But then the body disappears, and Christina begin to pursue strange visions... Meanwhile, a retired inspector of the fish begins to search for the disappeared husband of the headmistress.
Les diaboliques
| Year | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Tagline | See it, be amazed at it, but... BE QUIET ABOUT IT! |
| Director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Scriptwriters | Thomas NarcejacJérôme GéronimiRené Masson |
| Produced | Henri-Georges ClouzotGeorges Lourau |
| Music | Georges Van Parys |
| Art Direction | Léon BarsacqCarven |
| Editing | Madeleine Gug |
| Genres | HorrorThrillerDramaCrimeDetective |
| Release Date | January 29, 1955 |
| Runtime | 114 min. |
Plot Summary
Did You Know?
The film is based on a novel by Boileau-Narsezhaka "that which became" (Celle qui n etait plus, 1952).
In 1996 year was a remake. The main roles were played by Sharon stone and Isabelle Adjani.
Town, where to go, the main heroine of the film, Niort, the hometown of the Director.
The rights to the novel by Boileau-Narsezhaka, which shot the film, I wanted to get Alfred Hitchcock, but it was too late for a few hours. As a consolation, Boileau and Narsezhaka especially for Hitchcock wrote the novel "D'entre les Morts" ("dead"), which he made the film "Vertigo" (1958).
The shooting of the film was conducted in the utmost secrecy, and he ends addressed to the audience by request upon leaving the cinema not to repeat what he saw, so as not to spoil the fun for those who of the film haven't seen.
Clouzot, in accordance with its directing principles, tried to achieve the maximum from the actors psychological truth: it came down to the fact that Merissa was really immersed with the head into the bath. In the suitcase, however, took his stand-in.
