The Wages of Fear
1955
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A comprehensive biography of the French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for his thrillers The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques. Learn about his early career in Germany, his tuberculosis, his controversies, his marriages and his legacy.
Learn about the life and work of Henri-Georges Clouzot, a French writer, director and producer of suspense thrillers. Find out his biography, awards, credits, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- January 1, 1
- Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France
- January 1, 1
- Paris, France
A retrospective of the influential and controversial French director, Henri-Georges Clouzot, who made films such as Les Diaboliques, The Wages of Fear and Le Corbeau. Learn about his style, themes, legacy and challenges in this comprehensive program.
Learn about the life and career of Henri-Georges Clouzot, a French director of suspense thrillers who was nicknamed The French Hitchcock. Find out his filmography, awards, trivia, quotes and family.
- November 20, 1907
- January 12, 1977
- The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) Clouzot’s directorial debut is a subversive classic, mixing gothic tensions with a macabre display of noir style.
- Le Corbeau (1943) Another unseen menace haunts Clouzot’s second feature, as a small French town is plagued by an anonymous poison-pen writer known only as ‘Le Corbeau’ (‘The Raven’).
- Quai des Orfèvres (1947) When the ban on his filmmaking was lifted, Clouzot returned with this early police procedural following the investigation into the murder of a lecherous businessman.
- The Wages of Fear (1953) Set in Latin America (but filmed in the south of France), Clouzot’s tensest film follows the journey of four desperate men who are hired to transport highly volatile tanks of nitroglycerine through the mountains to a blazing fire at an oil refinery.
A comprehensive biography of the French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for his thriller films The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques. Learn about his early career, his controversies, his marriages, his legacy and his unused scripts.
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Jul 22, 2005 · A biographical and filmographic essay on the French director of suspense, who influenced Hitchcock and was influenced by Fritz Lang. Explore his themes of sickness, infidelity, jealousy and the dark side of life in his works.
