Diabolique

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-11-21

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (37017 Reviews)

Director:

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Genres:

Drama Horror Thriller

Cast:

Simone Signoret Vèra Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel

Writer:

Pierre Boileau (novel)

Thomas Narcejac (novel)

Henri-Georges Clouzot (scenario and dialogue)

Jèrème Gèronimi (scenario and dialogue)

Renè Masson (collaboration)

Frèdèric Grendel (collaboration)

Fullplot:

The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...

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