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The Devil and the Ten Commandments

1962 · 2h · Comedy

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.

Cast

• Claude Rich as Le diable - Voix Off (non crédité)
• Françoise Arnoul as Françoise Beaufort
• Charles Aznavour as Denis Mayeux
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Didier Marin
• Danielle Darrieux as Clarisse Ardan
• Alain Delon as Pierre Messager
• Fernandel as Dieu / God
• Mel Ferrer as Philip Allan
• Micheline Presle as Micheline Allan
• Madeleine Robinson as Germaine Messager
• Dany Saval as Tania
• Michel Simon as Jérôme Chambard

Details

Director

Julien Duvivier

Released

September 14, 1962

Runtime

2h

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.6 / 10 from 38 votes