Les Diaboliques (film)

Les Diaboliques
Les Diaboliques
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Screenplay by	Henri-Georges Clouzot; Jérôme Géronimi; René Masson; Frédéric Grendel;
Based on	She Who Was No More; by Boileau-Narcejac
Produced by	Henri-Georges Clouzot; Georges Lourau;
Starring	Simone Signoret; Véra Clouzot; Paul Meurisse; Charles Vanel;
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Edited by	Madeleine Gug
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production; companies	Filmsonor; Vera Film;
Distributed by	Cinédis
Release date	29 January 1955 (France);
Running time	114 minutes; 107 minutes (US, 1955);
Country	France
Language	French

Les Diaboliques (French: [le djabɔlik], released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends)^[1] is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. It is based on the 1952 novel She Who Was No More (Celle qui n'était plus) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

The story blends elements of thriller and horror, with the plot focusing on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man. It was the 10th highest-grossing film of the year in France, with a total of 3,674,380 admissions.^[2] The film also received the 1954 Louis Delluc Prize.

Clouzot, after finishing The Wages of Fear (1953), optioned the screenplay rights, preventing Alfred Hitchcock from making the film.^[3] The film helped inspire Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).^[4] Robert Bloch, the author of the novel Psycho, stated in an interview that his all-time favorite horror film was Les Diaboliques.^[5]

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^ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 100 European Horror Films. BFI Screen Guides. London: British Film Institute. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-84457-164-2. OCLC 175215721.
^ "Les Diaboliques (1955)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ Hayward 2005, p. 13.
^ Hawkins, Joan. ""See it From the Beginning": Hitchcock's Reconstruction of Film History". Framing Hitchcock: Selected Essays from the Hitchcock Annual: 382.
^ "INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT BLOCH, Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier". The Unofficial Robert Bloch Website. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

[2] Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 100 European Horror Films. BFI Screen Guides. London: British Film Institute. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-84457-164-2. OCLC 175215721.

[JPBox_Office-3] "Les Diaboliques (1955)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[FOOTNOTEHayward200513-4] Hayward 2005, p. 13.

[5] Hawkins, Joan. ""See it From the Beginning": Hitchcock's Reconstruction of Film History". Framing Hitchcock: Selected Essays from the Hitchcock Annual: 382.

[6] "INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT BLOCH, Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier". The Unofficial Robert Bloch Website. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

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