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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) [1] 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.
Diabolique is a 1996 American psychological thriller film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, and Kathy Bates. The plot follows the wife and mistress of an abusive schoolmaster who find themselves stalked by an unknown assailant after murdering the schoolmaster and disposing of his body.
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 boys hate him and the teachers seem to despise him, especially the strapping Nicole (Simone Signoret), who has until recently been his mistress.
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...
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This thriller from Henri‑Georges Clouzot, which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is the story of two women—the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys' boarding school—who hatch a daring revenge plot.
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 meek wife (Vera Clouzot) and the mistress he brazenly flaunts (Simone Signoret).
Mar 22, 1996 · The 1996 “Diabolique” begins promisingly and at times is almost a line-by-line, even a shot-by-shot, remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s film. Since the original was so cleverly constructed, that’s not a bad idea.
Rare English language version of H.G. Clouzot's 1955 thriller, LES DIABOLIQUES (DIABOLIQUE). Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot; Based on the Novel by Pierre ...
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.
Dec 8, 2023 · The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. With Noël Roquevert, Pierre Larquey, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel ...