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Les Diaboliques (French: [le djabɔlik], released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends) is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel.
- Henri-Georges Clouzot, Georges Lourau
Diabolique: Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. With Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel. The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
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In this classic of French suspense, the cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle (Paul Meurisse), becomes the target of a murder plot hatched by an unlikely duo -- his ...
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- Simone Signoret
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Feb 17, 1995 · The movie takes place in a French boys' boarding school run by a headmaster who makes life there as unpleasant for the teachers as for the boys. Michael Delasalle ( Paul Meurisse ) is a sadist and a pinchpenny who serves the students rotten fish and slaps around his wife Christina ( Vera Clouzot ), even though the school really belongs to her.
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Pierre Boileau.