Diabolique (1955/ Blu-ray)

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Cover art for Diabolique (The Criterion Collection)

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.

Cast:
Simone Signoret
Véra Clouzot
Paul Meurisse
Charles Vanel
Jean Brochard
Running time:
116 min.
Format: 
Blu-ray
UPC: 
715515070812
Release date: 
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Studio: 
Criterion Collection
Rating: 
NR
Genre: 
Foreign
Audio: 

French: PCM (Uncompressed) 1.0

Subtitles: 
English
Extras: 

New digital restoration (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
Selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway
New video introduction by Serge Bromberg, codirector of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Inferno"
New video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman
Original theatrical trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty