The movie was not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America on its release. The British Board of Film Classification have given it a 12A certificate (meaning that children under 12 cannot watch it at a movie theater unless they are accompanied by an adult) for moderate horror, violence and language. An American remake of the film, Diabolique, was released in 1995.
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| - The movie was not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America on its release. The British Board of Film Classification have given it a 12A certificate (meaning that children under 12 cannot watch it at a movie theater unless they are accompanied by an adult) for moderate horror, violence and language. An American remake of the film, Diabolique, was released in 1995.
- Les Diaboliques (also known as Diabolique) is a French suspense-thriller, made in 1955 and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The wife and mistress of a Jerkass school headmaster conspire to kill him, but after they carry it out, his body disappears, and then things just get weirder. The two main ladies were played by Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret. Remade as Diabolique in 1996 with Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, and Kathy Bates.
- Les Diaboliques (French pronunciation: [lɛ diaboˈlikə]), released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends, is a 1955 French black-and-whitepsychological thriller feature film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. It is based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus(She Who Was No More) 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; after the crime is committed, however, his body disappears, and a number of strange occurrences ensue. The film was the 10th highest grossing film of the year with a total of 3,674,380 admissions in France.
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| - The movie was not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America on its release. The British Board of Film Classification have given it a 12A certificate (meaning that children under 12 cannot watch it at a movie theater unless they are accompanied by an adult) for moderate horror, violence and language. An American remake of the film, Diabolique, was released in 1995.
- Les Diaboliques (French pronunciation: [lɛ diaboˈlikə]), released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends, is a 1955 French black-and-whitepsychological thriller feature film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. It is based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus(She Who Was No More) 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; after the crime is committed, however, his body disappears, and a number of strange occurrences ensue. The film was the 10th highest grossing film of the year with a total of 3,674,380 admissions in France. Clouzot, right after finishing Wages of Fear, snatched the screenplay rights from master of suspense director, Alfred Hitchcock.[citation needed] This movie helped inspire Hitchcock'sPsycho. Robert Bloch himself, the author of the novel Psycho, has stated in an interview that his all-time favorite horror film is Diabolique. Now considered a classic of the horror genre and film in general, Les Diaboliques ranked #49 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
- Les Diaboliques (also known as Diabolique) is a French suspense-thriller, made in 1955 and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The wife and mistress of a Jerkass school headmaster conspire to kill him, but after they carry it out, his body disappears, and then things just get weirder. The two main ladies were played by Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret. Remade as Diabolique in 1996 with Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, and Kathy Bates.
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