Diabolique Movie Review 1955

Sadistic boarding school master Michel (Meurisse) has a wealthy, neurotic wife, Christina (Clouzet, the director's wife), and a cold-blooded mistress, Nicole (Signoret), who conspire to poison and then drown him in the school's swimming pool. But after the plot is carried out, Christina becomes convinced that Michel is still alive. Plot twists and double-crosses abound. Based on the novel "Celle Qui N'Etait Pas" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. French with subtitles. Remade for TV in 1974 as "Reflections of Murder."

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 107 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Dental Mayhem, Killer Spouses

Screenplay

Henri-Georges Clouzot, Frederic Grendel, Jerome Geronimi, Rene Masson

Cast

Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault, Georges Chamarat, Robert Dalban, Therese Dorny, Camille Guerini

Cinematography

Armand Thirard

Director

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Music

Georges Van Parys

Producer

Seven Arts Pictures, Henri-Georges Clouzot

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1955: Foreign Film.