Diabolique

1955 · Les Diaboliques

Directed by

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Starring

Véra Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse

Runtime

1h 58m

Country

USA

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.