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Diabolique AKA Les Diaboliques AKA The Fiends AKA The Devils (1955)
The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool...Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
Between the R1 Criterion Remastered Reissue and the R0 UK Dual Format Edition for differing extras, although please note that these discs are missing some of the contextual material that is included on the French DVD and the older UK DVD release from C'Est La Vie. However, do note that the French DVD isn't English-friendly.
GENERAL NOTES:
The original title of the film is "Les Diaboliques" while the more popular singular "Diabolique" comes from the American theatrical release through Seven Arts - English dubbed prints had the onscreen title "Diabolique" - while the television prints were called "The Devils" (also the subtitle for Janus Films' French-language English-subtitled prints).
Please see the image-comparison from below, for a direct comparison of the old Criterion and Arrow Films DVD releases and the Criterion and Arrow Blu-ray releases:
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CUTS:
- R0 Original Release America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (116:12 NTSC).
- R0 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (111:51 PAL)
- R0 Dual Format Edition United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts.
- R1 Remastered Reissue America- Criterion Collection - No cuts.
- R2 France- TF1 Video / Rene Chateau Video - No cuts
- R2 Germany- Concorde - No cuts (111:50 PAL).
- R2 Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts (111:55 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- C'Est La Vie - No cuts
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Comparison added by David on 19/01/02
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 10/10/19UPDATE LOG:
19/05/2011: Addition of the R1 Criterion Remastered Reissue and the R0 UK Dual Format Edition.
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10/10/2012: Addition of the R2 German and Scandinavian edition.
10/10/19: Note about title.
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