Diabolique

Les Diaboliques (1955)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Video 5

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Actors and characters

Release date

1955-01-29

Country

France

Production

Filmsonor, Véra Films

Genre

Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Actors

Véra Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard, Pierre Larquey, Michel Serrault, Yves-Marie Maurin, Georges Poujouly, Thérèse Dorny
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Scenario

Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi

Producer

Henri-Georges Clouzot, Georges Lourau

Operator

Armand Thirard

Composer

Georges Van Parys

Artist

Audition

Editing

Madeleine Gug
All team (27)

• The film is based on the novel by Boileau-Narcejac 'She Who Was No More' ('Celle qui n'etait plus', 1952).
• The town the heroines travel to is Nyör, the director's hometown.
• Alfred Hitchcock wanted to acquire the rights to Boileau-Narcejac's novel, on which the film is based, but was only a few hours late. As consolation, Boileau and Narcejac specifically wrote the novel «D'Entre les Morts» («From Among the Dead») for Hitchcock, based on which he made the film «Vertigo» (1958).
• The film was shot in an atmosphere of the strictest secrecy, and it ends with a request addressed to the audience not to retell what they have seen, so as not to spoil the pleasure for those who have not yet seen the film.
• Clouzot tried to achieve maximum psychological authenticity from the actors: it even came to the point where Morissa was submerged headfirst in a bathtub. However, his stunt double was carried in a suitcase.
• The film is based on the novel by Boileau-Narcejac, "She Who Was No More" ("Celle qui n'etait plus", 1952).
• Alfred Hitchcock wanted to acquire the rights to the novel by Boileau-Narcejac on which the film is based, but was only a few hours late. To console him, Boileau and Narcejac specifically wrote a novel for Hitchcock, "D'Entre les Morts" ("From Among the Dead"), which he then adapted into the film "Vertigo" (1958).