Diabolique (1955) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1955 · 117 mins · French

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Directed by

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Starring

Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault, Simone Signoret, Johnny Hallyday, Georges Poujouly, Jean Témerson

At a remote boarding school, cruel headmaster Michel Delassalle is killed by an unexpected partnership—his timid wife and the young lover he openly flaunts. After the murder, the pair are haunted by bizarre events, Delassalle’s body mysteriously vanishes, and tension escalates as they confront guilt and suspicion, driving the women toward paranoia and madness as hidden secrets unravel.