The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements
See what happens when the devil gets into a woman!
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
- Date of release
- 1962-09-14
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (39)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Julien Duvivier
Casting
- Claude Rich — Le diable - Voix Off (non crédité)
- Françoise Arnoul — Françoise Beaufort
- Charles Aznavour — Denis Mayeux
- Jean-Claude Brialy — Didier Marin
- Danielle Darrieux — Clarisse Ardan
- Alain Delon — Pierre Messager
- Fernandel — Dieu / God
- Mel Ferrer — Philip Allan
- Micheline Presle — Micheline Allan
- Madeleine Robinson — Germaine Messager
- Dany Saval — Tania
- Michel Simon — Jérôme Chambard
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