Diabolique [Les diaboliques] (Original photograph from the 1955 film)

  • N.p.: N.p., 1955
By Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse (starring); Henri-Georges Clouzot (director, screenwriter); Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac (novel); Jerome Geronimi, Rene Masson, Frederic Grendel (screenwriters)
N.p.: N.p., 1955. Vintage reference photograph from the UK release of the 1955 French film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.

Based on the 1952 novel "Celle qui n'etait plus" by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The wife and mistress of a cruel, brutish school principal orchestrate the perfect murder, but their plans are thrown into confusion when his body disappears.

Set in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, and shot on location in Yvelines, Deux-Sevres, and Hauts-de-Seine, France.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly curled.

Criterion Collection 35. Grant France. Selby Masterwork. Spicer France. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.

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