Les diaboliques
Les diaboliques (, released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends) is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. It is based on the novel She Who Was No More (Celle qui n'était plus) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Plot
A second-rate boarding school in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, in the Paris metropolitan area, is run by the tyrannical and mean Michel Delassalle. The school is owned, though, by Delassalle's teacher wife, the frail Christina, an emigrée from Venezuela. Delassalle also has a relationship with Nicole Horner, another teacher at the school. Rather than antagonism, the two women are shown to have a somewhat close relationship, primarily based on their apparent mutual hatred of Michel, who is physically and emotionally abusive to both, as well as unkind to the children.
Awards
Cast
- Camille Guérini
- Charles Vanel
- Christian Brocard
- Dominique Brun-Maaoui
- Georges Chamarat
- Georges Poujouly
- Henri Coutet
- Jacques Hilling
- Jacques Varennes
- Jean Brochard
- Jean Clarieux
- Jean Lefebvre
- Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
- Jean Témerson
- Jimmy Urbain
- Johnny Hallyday
- Madeleine Suffel
- Michel Serrault
- Noël Roquevert
- Paul Meurisse
- Pierre Larquey
- Robert Dalban
- Simone Signoret
- Thérèse Dorny
- Véra Clouzot
- Yves-Marie Maurin
More details
| author | Boileau-Narcejac Henri-Georges Clouzot |
|---|---|
| award | Louis Delluc Prize |
| contentLocation | France |
| director | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| editor | Madeleine Gug |
| genre | horror mystery thriller |
| keywords | apartment building boarding school end hatred hauts-de-seine heart attack niort paris metro paris metropolitan area private detective retire saint-cloud set up submerge swimming pool venezuela weak heart |
| musicBy | Georges Van Parys |
| producer | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| publisher | Cinédis Gala Film Dists. UMPO |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | film noir neo-noir psychological horror psychological thriller |