Ciné-Club: "Die Teuflischen" ("Les diaboliques")

In the Ciné-Club, the series on French cinema, Cinema Quadrat and Institut Français Mannheim are showing one of the most nerve-wracking thrillers in film history:

THE DEVILS - LES DIABOLIQUES

FRA 1955. D: Henri-Georges Clouzot. D: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Jean Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault. 112 min. frzOmdtU. FSK: 16

Michel Delasalle, head of a boarding school in the countryside, is violent, drunk and despotic. He lives at the expense of his wealthy wife Christina, and he has a mistress in teacher Nicole. The two women join forces to murder Michel: They drown him in the bathtub, throwing him into the school swimming pool to make the death look like an accident. But the next day, the body has disappeared!
With its dark, nightmarish atmosphere, this style-defining psychological thriller is one of the most impressive works in film history: sophisticated and precise, oppressive and highly suspenseful from start to finish.

Introduction: Sabine Fischer, Cinema Quadrat