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Title:
Diabolique / Janus Films ; [presented by] Filmsonor Société Anonyme ; produit et dirigé par H.G. Clouzot ; scénario et dialogues de H.G. Clouzot et Jérome Geronimi ; avec la collaboration de René Masson et Frédéric Grendel ; distribué en France par Cinédis.
ISBN:
9781604654158
Uniform Title:
Diaboliques (Motion picture : 1955)
Edition:
Special édition, fullscreen.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Edition from container; series numbering from container spine; some credits from booklet.
Adapted from the novel: Celle qui n'etait plus / Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1955.
"Under exclusive license from TF1 International"--Disc label.
Special features: Serge Bromberg introduction, selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelly Conway, new video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman, original theatrical trailer, booklet featuring essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono ; aspect ratio 1.33:1 ; new digital restoration.
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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Language Note:
In French with optional English subtitles.
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Performer:
Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Larquey.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editing, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys ; DVD producer, Johanna Schiller ; Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
OCLC Number:
ocn722856685
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