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Les Diaboliques / Filmsonor présente ; produit et dirigé par H.G. Clouzot ; producteur associé, Vera Films.

LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997 .D5336 2011 disc + booklet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Clouzot, H.-G. (Henri-Georges), Screenwriter, Director.
Geronimi, Jérôme., Screenwriter.
Masson, René, 1922- Screenwriter.
Grendel, Frédéric., Screenwriter.
Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985, Actor.
Clouzot, Vera, 1913-1960, Actor.
Vanel, Charles, 1892-1989, Actor.
Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979, Actor.
Brochard, Jean, 1893-1972, Actor.
Dorny, Thérèse, 1891-1976, Actor.
Serrault, Michel, 1928-2007, Actor.
Thirard, Armand., Cinematographer.
Gug, Madeleine, 1913-1971, Film editor.
Parys, Georges van., Composer.
Narcejac, Thomas, 1908-1998.
Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989.
Vera Film
Filmsonor (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series:
Criterion collection ; 35.
Criterion collection ; 35
Standardized Title:
Diaboliques (Motion picture : 1955)
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989--Film adaptations.
Boileau, Pierre.
Narcejac, Thomas, 1908-1998--Film adaptations.
Narcejac, Thomas.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Boarding schools--France--Paris--Drama.
Boarding schools.
Boileau, Pierre, 1906-1989.
Narcejac, Thomas, 1908-1998.
France--Paris.
Love triangles.
Genre:
Feature films -- France.
Foreign language films -- French.
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, French.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Other Title:
English title from subtitles: Devils
Title on container: Diabolique
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Language Note:
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
System Details:
Blu-ray disc, Region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; monaural, required Blu-ray player.
Summary:
Suspense classic that influenced Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. A sadistic headmaster of a boarding school is murdered by his wife and mistress. The women dump his body in a swimming pool. When the pool is drained, the body has disappeared.
Participant:
Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault.
Credits:
Screenplay and dialogue by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Jérôme Geronimi, with René Masson and Frédéric Grendel ; director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys.
Notes:
Adapted from Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's Celle qui n'était plus.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: New introduction by Serge Bromberg, codirector of Henri Georges Clouzot's "Inferno"; selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway; new video interview with film critic Kim Newman; original theatrical trailer; plus: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
ISBN:
9781604654141
1604654147
OCLC:
724111499
Publisher Number:
715515070812
CC2030BD The Criterion Collection

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