Henri-Georges Clouzots Diabolique (1955) is a landmark French thriller about a wife and mistress who conspire to murder a cruel schoolmaster, only to find his body mysteriously vanished. Mixing psychological dread, murder-mystery twists, and gothic tension, it influenced Hitchcock and generations of thrillers to come, earning a place among the greatest suspense classics.

Criterion Collection

Before Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diabolique. This thriller from HenriGeorges Clouzot, which shocked audiences in Europe and the U.S., is the story of two women the fragile wife and the willful mistress of the sadistic headmaster of a boys boarding school who hatch a daring revenge plot. With its unprecedented narrative twists and terrifying images, Diabolique is a heart-grabbing benchmark in horror filmmaking, featuring outstanding performances by Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, and Paul Meurisse.

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The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway

New video introduction by Serge Bromberg, codirector of Henri-Georges Clouzots Inferno

New video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman

Original theatrical trailer

PLUS: An essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty

New cover by David Plunkert

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Version: : Blu-Ray (import)

Språk : French

Färg : Black & White

EAN : 5050629549416

Label : Criterion Collection

Distributor : Criterion Collection

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