Review by Morning.star
This oldie-goldie had me until the end. Surprisingly good even today when our production expectations are so much higher.
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This oldie-goldie had me until the end. Surprisingly good even today when our production expectations are so much higher.
Title Statement | Diabolique [DVD] / produced and directed by H.G. Clouzot ; screenplay by H.G. Clouzot ... [et al.]. |
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Series | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) |
Additional Contributors | Clouzot, H.-G.(Henri-Georges) |
Signoret, Simone,1921-1985 | |
Clouzot, Vera,1921-1960 | |
Meurisse, Paul,1913-1979 | |
Boileau-Narcejac | |
Publication | [New York]: Criterion Collection, c2011. |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (117 min.) |
ISBN | 1604654155 (v.r.) 9781604654158 (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 715515070911 |
Other Number | 2190683 |
General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Booklet inserted in container. Full screen version. |
Performance Credits | Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel. |
Languages | French language track with English language subtitles. |
System Details | DVD, Dolby mono. |
Terms of Use | Public performance rights. |
Summary | "The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women"--from www.imdb.com. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | School principals--Fiction |
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction | |
Murder--Fiction | |
Motion pictures, French | |
Foreign films | |
Directeurs d'école--Romans, nouvelles, etc | |
Triangle (Relations humaines)--Romans, nouvelles, etc | |
Meurtre--Romans, nouvelles, etc | |
Cinéma français | |
Films étrangers | |
By Genre | Detective and mystery films |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) | |
Feature films | |
Films de détective | |
Thrillers (Films) | |
Longs métrages |