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Diabolique: The Criterion Collection DVD

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  • Additional Details
  • Format: DVD
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 116 Minutes
  • Region: 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
  • Language: French
  • Studio: Criterion Collection
  • DVD Release Date: May 17, 2011
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Subtitles: English
  • Audio: FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
  • Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Cast: Simone Signoret , Vera Clouzot , Paul Meurisse , Charles Vanel , Jean Brochard , Noel Roquebert , Therese Dorny , Pierre Larquey , Michel Serrault , Yves Maurin , Georges Poujouly , Jean Temerson , Georges Chamarat , Jacques Varennes , Roberto Rodrigo , Jean-Pierre Bonnefous , Michel Dumur , Henri Humbert
  • Genre: Foreign
  • Color: Black & White
  • Includes:
    Selected-Scene Commentary by French-Film Scholar Kelley Conway
    New Video Introduction by Serge Bromberg, Codirector of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Inferno"
    New Video Interview with Novelist and Film Critic Kim Newman
    Original Theatrical Trailer
    A Booklet Featuring An Essay by Film Critic Terrence Rafferty
  • Release Date: 1954
Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from Henri.Georges Clouzot (Le corbeau, The Wages of Fear), which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is the story of two women - the fragile wife and the willful mistress of a sadistic school headmaster - who hatch a daring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and unforgettably scary images, Diabolique is a heart-grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking, featuring outstanding performances by Simone Signoret (Casque d'for, Army of Shadows), Vera Clouzot (The Wages of Fear), and Paul Meurisse (Le deuxieme souffle, Army of Shadows).

Expert Review:
French director Henri-Georges Clouzot easily rivals Alfred Hitchcock in terms of twists, turns, surprises and suspense. His masterpiece “Diabolique” takes place in a boarding school run by a headmaster (Paul Meurisse) who mistreats and cheats on his wife (Vera Clouzot). Simone Signoret plays his sultry blonde mistress. We watch as the two women team up to teach him a lesson, only to learn how deceiving appearances can be. By Jacqueline Fitzgerald of Film Noir Blonde

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