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Diabolique AKA Les Diaboliques AKA The Fiends AKA The Devils (Blu-ray) (1955)
The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool...Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Selected-scene audio commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway (44:30)
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Extras:Introduction by co-director of Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, Serge Bromberg featurette (14:48)
Interview with novelist/film critic Kim Newman (15:45)
Original Theatrical Trailer (2:32) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):French LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All extras in HD.
Comes with a 20-page booklet containing an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
The theatrical trailer is in French with optional English subtitles, while all other extras are in English. -
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Commentaries:Selected-scene audio commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway (44:30)
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Extras:Introduction by co-director of Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, Serge Bromberg featurette (14:48)
Interview with novelist/film critic Kim Newman (15:45)
Original Theatrical Trailer (2:32) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):French LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All extras in HD.
Comes with a 20-page booklet containing an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
The theatrical trailer is in French with optional English subtitles, while all other extras are in English. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Audio Commentary with Susan Hayward, author of Les diaboliques (Cine-file French Film Guides)
Interview with critic and author Ginette Vincendeau (28:58)
Original Theatrical Trailer (2:32)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):French LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a writing on the film by author and critic Brad Stevens, a re-printed interview with Clouzot by Paul Schrader, and artwork presentation packaging including original posters and an artwork cover.
Reissued in a single disc edition without the DVD copy. -
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Commentaries:Selected-scene audio commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway (44:30)
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Extras:Introduction by co-director of Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, Serge Bromberg (14:48)
Interview with novelist/film critic Kim Newman (15:45)
Original Theatrical Trailer (2:32) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):French LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All extras in HD.
Comes with a 20-page booklet containing an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
The theatrical trailer is in French with optional English subtitles, while all other extras are in English. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The UK Arrow release has exclusive extras and the US/Canadian/UK Criterions have differing exclusive extras.
Only region differences between the Criterion releases.
GENERAL NOTES:
The original title of the film is "Les Diaboliques" while the more popular singular "Diabolique" comes from the American theatrical release through Seven Arts - English dubbed prints had the onscreen title "Diabolique" - while the television prints were called "The Devils" (also the subtitle for Janus Films' French-language English-subtitled prints).
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (117:11).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (117:11).
- Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (116:50).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts (117:11).
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Comparison added by Anthony_DiPaola on 19/05/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 15/12/24UPDATE LOG:
19 May 2011: Initial Entry.
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22/10/17: Added UK Criterion, capsaholic.
10/10/19: Note about title.
15/12/24: Added Canada.
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