Diabolique (1955)
Criterion Collection Englisch · DVD

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Les Diaboliques tells the story of a sadistic headmaster who brutalises his wife and mistress and their plot to murder him. Superbly edited with nail-biting suspense, the two women murder the headmaster and dump the body in the swimming pool, but when the pool is drained no corpse is found. An unsettling and beautifully-paced study of betrayal, mistrust and guilt, Les Diaboliques is atmospherically shot in black and white, its murky tones hauntingly echo the moral ambiguity of its principals.

an acknowledged influence on psycho, henri-georges clouzot's horror classic is the story of a sadistic headmaster who brutalizes his fragile wife and his headstrong mistress. the two women murder him and dump his body in a swimming pool; when the pool is drained, no corpse is found. criterion presents diabolique in a new digital transfer.
black & white