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Title:
Diabolique [DVD video]
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Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm).
ISBN:
9781604654158
Abstract:
Suspense classic that influenced the 1960 movie, Psycho, by Alfred Hitchcock. Tells the story of a sadistic headmaster of a Parisian boarding school who is murdered by his wife and mistress, whom he has mistreated. The women dump his body in a swimming pool. When the pool is drained, the body has disappeared. Then come reports of sightings, terrifying his killers.
General Note:
Full screen (1.33:1).
Edition from container; series numbering from container spine; some credits from booklet.
Adapted from the novel: Celle qui n'etait plus / Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1955.
"Under exclusive license from TF1 International"--Disc label.
Special features: Serge Bromberg introduction, selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelly Conway, new video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman, original theatrical trailer, booklet featuring essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
Performers:
Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Larquey.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital mono; new digital restoration.
Language:
French
Additional Language:
In French with optional English subtitles.
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