Les Diaboliques (film)
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| Directed by | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Produced by | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Written by | Pierre Boileau Thomas Narcejac |
| Starring | Simone Signoret Véra Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel |
| Music by | George Van Parys |
| Release date(s) | France: 29 January 1954 United States: 21 November 1955 |
| Running time | 107 min |
| Language | French |
| IMDb • Allmovie | |
Les Diaboliques (1954) is a black-and-white film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret and Véra Clouzot. The title translates as 'The Devils'. It was called The Fiends when released in the UK, while the US release is entitled Diabolique. It is based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus (She Who Was No More) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
The film created a sensation on its original release. It has often been likened to the films of Alfred Hitchcock in that it is still creepy even when one has seen it and knows the ending. (Many sources say that Alfred Hitchcock missed out on purchasing the rights to the Boileau and Narcejac novel by just a few hours, Clouzot getting to the authors first.)[1] The end credit contains an early example of an "anti-spoiler message", requesting the audience not to disclose the plot to others who have not seen the film.
The film gained additional press when only five years after its release, Véra Clouzot died of a heart attack at age 46, her character in the film having had heart problems also.
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Cast
- Simone Signoret
- Véra Clouzot
- Paul Meurisse
- Charles Vanel
- Jean Brochard
- Pierre Larquey
- Michel Serrault
- Thérèse Dorny
- Noël Roquevert
- Yves-Marie Maurin
- Georges Poujouly
- Georges Chamarat
- Jacques Varennes
- Robert Dalban
- Jean Lefebvre
Remakes
This film, which was #49 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, was remade in 1996 with Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani in the lead roles. It had previously been remade in 1974 as a made-for-TV film called "Reflections of Murder" with Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett and Sam Waterston in the lead roles.
References
- ^ François Truffaut, in his book-length interview Hitchcock/Truffaut (1967), suggested that Boileau and Narcejac then wrote D'Entre des Morts specifically for Hitchcock, who adapted the latter book for Vertigo (1958). However, Narcejac later refuted Truffaut's statement.
External links
- Les Diaboliques at Allmovie
- Les Diaboliques at the Internet Movie Database
- Les Diaboliques at Rotten Tomatoes
- Les Diaboliques at the TCM Movie Database
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