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Les Diaboliques [videorecording] = The devils / 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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DIA050 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Summary language: English Series: Classic collection | Criterion collection ; 35Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 1998, c1955.Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (1 folded sheet)ISBN:
  • 0780021940
  • 9780780021945
Other title:
  • Title on container and pamphlet: Diabolique
  • Title on disc label: Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique
  • Devils
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production 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.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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD WORLD Diaboliq Available 33111005097007
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The mistress and the wife of a sadistic schoolmaster conspire to murder the man, carry it out, and then begin to wonder if they have covered their tracks effectively.

"A Janus Films release."

Adapted from the novel: Celle qui n'etait plus / Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

DVD version of a 1955 motion picture.

Includes scene selection.

Title on menu screen: Diabolique.

Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys.

Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault.

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.

DVD format. Digital mono, Dolby.

In French with English subtitles.

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