Diabolique (1954)
- Starring:
- Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, (more)
- Director(s):
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Synopsis of Diabolique
The greatest film that Alfred Hitchcock never made, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique is set in a provincial boarding school run by headmaster Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse). A ruthless lothario, he becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his long-suffering invalid wife Christina (Vera Clouzot, the director's own spouse) and his latest mistress, an icy teacher played by Simone Signoret. A dark, dank thriller with a much-imitated "shock" ending, Diabolique is a masterpiece of Grand Guignol suspense. The simple murder plot goes haywire, and Michel's corpse disappears, prompting strange rumors of his reappearance which grow more and more substantial as the film careens wildly towards its breathless conclusion. Later remade as a greatly inferior 1996 Hollywood feature with Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast of Diabolique
- Simone Signoret - Nicole Horner
- Paul Meurisse - Michel Delasalle
- Pierre Larquey - Drain
- Michel Serrault - Raymond
- Georges Chamarat - Dr. Loisy
- Henri Humbert - Patard
- Jacques Varennes - Prof. Bridoux
- Therese Dorny - Mme. Herboux
- Jean Temerson - Hotel Valet
- Georges Poujouly - Soudieu
- Véra Clouzot - Christina Delasalle
- Charles Vanel - Inspector Fichet
- Noël Roquevert - Herboux
- Jean Brochard - Plantiveau
- Yves-Marie Maurin - Moinet, a schoolboy
- Camille Guerini
- Robert Dalban
- Jacques Hilling
- Jean Lefebvre
- Roberto Rodrigo - Jose
- Director(s):
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Writer(s):
- Frederic Grendel, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jerome Geronimi
- Producer(s):
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
- 1954 - French Film Critics Circle - Prix Louis-Delluc
- 1955 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film
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