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1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Adapted from the novel: Celle qui n'etait plus / Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Suspense classic that influenced the 1960 movie, Psycho, by Alfred Hitchcock. Tells the story of a sadistic headmaster of a Parisian boarding school who is murdered by his wife and mistress, whom he has mistreated. The women dump his body in a swimming pool. When the pool is drained, the body has disappeared. Then come reports of sightings, terrifying his killers
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954
Special features include Serge Bromberg introduction, selected-scene commentary, new video interview with novelist and film critic Kim Newman, trailer
Director of photography, Armand Thirard ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges van Parys
Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault
DVD, NTSC, Digital mono, Dolby, aspect ratio 1.33:1
In French with optional English subtitles