Les Diaboliques

Les Diaboliques

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Set in a French boarding school run by a sadistic headmaster, Diabolique presents a sinister world where the kindest character is reduced to murder. To escape the teacher's brutal domination, his ailing wife and his icy mistress conspire to kill him. The real terror begins when he refuses to st...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Filmsonor (Firm), Home Vision (Firm), Janus Films, Public Media Incorporated (Wilmette, Ill.)
Other Authors: Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989, Brochard, Jean (Performer), Chamarat, Georges (Performer), Clouzot, H.-G (Henri-Georges) (Director), Clouzot, Véra, 1921-1960 (Performer), Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979 (Performer), Roquevert, Noël (Performer), Serrault, Michel, 1928-2007 (Performer), Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985 (Performer), Vanel, Charles, 1892-1989 (Performer), Varennes, Jacques (Performer)
Format: Unknown
Language:French
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : [Wilmette, Ill.] : Home Vision ; Distributed by Public Media, [198-?]
Edition:Uncut version
Series:Home Vision (Firm)
Subjects:
Detective and mystery films
Feature films
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Summary:Set in a French boarding school run by a sadistic headmaster, Diabolique presents a sinister world where the kindest character is reduced to murder. To escape the teacher's brutal domination, his ailing wife and his icy mistress conspire to kill him. The real terror begins when he refuses to stay dead
Item Description:A foreign film (France)
Based on: Celle qui n'était plus-- / Pierre Boileau
Originally produced as motion picture in 1955
Physical Description:1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
Format:VHS
Production Credits:Photography, Armand Thirard ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys ; screenplay, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi, René Musson, Frédéric Grendel
ISBN:078000714X

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