The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Year: 1962

Runtime: 120 mins

Language: French

Director: Julien Duvivier

Comedy

A devilish presence haunts a series of seven 15‑minute vignettes, each exploring the fallout of violating one of the Ten Commandments. A profane employee risks losing his job; a lover discovers her stripper husband’s secret; a Jesuit novice quits to avenge his sister’s tragic end; a bored husband buys a necklace for his wife; a man learns his true mother is an actress; a bank cashier is dismissed; the devil appears as a serpent in a bishop’s meal.

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