Le Diable et les Dix Commandements
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Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (The Devil and the Ten Commandments), is a French comedy-drama film from 1963, directed by Julien Duvivier
, written by David Alexander
and Michel Audiard
, starring Michel Simon
and Louis de Funès
(uncredited). The cast list includes several famous French actors: Fernandel
, Danielle Darrieux
, Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Lino Ventura
, Jean-Claude Brialy
, Charles Aznavour
, and a very young Alain Delon
, but according to Bosley Crowther
only one from seven episodes tickled him, in which play Louis de Funes and Jean-Claude Brialy
.
The film offers a perspective on sin and salvation. A snake proclaims – voice of Claude Rich
– that it is our old friend, the Devil.
In the first episode Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear.
In second episode 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.
In the third episode 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.
In the fourth episode Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her. Fernandel (horse-faced) declares that he is God.
In the fifth episode a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant.
In the sixth episode Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss.
In the seventh episode the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960...
, written by David Alexander
David Alexander
David Alexander may refer to:*David Lindo Alexander , British lawyer and Jewish community leader*David M. Alexander , American writer*David W...
and Michel Audiard
Michel Audiard
Pierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...
, starring Michel Simon
Michel Simon
Michel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
and Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
(uncredited). The cast list includes several famous French actors: Fernandel
Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin , better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, he was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues...
, Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux is a French actress and singer, who has appeared in more than 110 films since 1931. She is one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career is among the longest in film history....
, Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura
Lino Ventura , was an Italian actor who starred in French movies.-Biography:Born as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, "Lino" dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs...
, Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...
, Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...
, and a very young Alain Delon
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot...
, but according to Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther was a journalist and author who was film critic for The New York Times for 27 years. His reviews and articles helped shape the careers of actors, directors and screenwriters, though his reviews, at times, were unnecessarily mean...
only one from seven episodes tickled him, in which play Louis de Funes and Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...
.
The film offers a perspective on sin and salvation. A snake proclaims – voice of Claude Rich
Claude Rich
Claude Rich is a French actor. He began his career as a theater actor, before his film debut in 1955 with René Clair, Les Grandes Manoeuvres.He married the actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959...
– that it is our old friend, the Devil.
Plot
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. The episodes are either mini-dramas. The European version has eight episodes.In the first episode Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear.
In second episode 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.
In the third episode 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.
In the fourth episode Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her. Fernandel (horse-faced) declares that he is God.
In the fifth episode a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant.
In the sixth episode Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss.
In the seventh episode the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
1st episode
- Michel SimonMichel SimonMichel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
: Jérôme Chambard - Lucien BarouxLucien BarouxLucien Baroux was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s....
: monsignor Hector Trousselier - Claude NollierClaude NollierClaude Nollier was a French actress, born 12 December 1919 in Paris, died 12 February 2009.-Biography:A theatre actress, she joined the Comédie Française in 1946 to 1951. She began a modest cinematic career during the 1940s. She most notably worked with André Cayatte, John Huston and Sacha Guitry...
: grandmother - Albert Michel : the trader of firsts
- Nina Myral : a parishioner (uncredited)
2nd episode
- Micheline PresleMicheline PresleMicheline Presle is a French actress also known in English language films as Micheline Prelle.Born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the...
: Micheline Allan - Françoise ArnoulFrançoise ArnoulFrançoise Arnoul is a French actress, who achieved popularity with her cute and sexy charm, especially during the 1950s.Born Françoise Annette Marie Mathilde Gautsch in Constantine, France , as the daughter of stage actress Janine Henry and artillery general Charles Gautsch, she has two brothers...
: Françoise Beaufort - Mel FerrerMel FerrerMel Ferrer was an American actor, film director and film producer.-Early life:Ferrer was born Melchor Gastón Ferrer in Elberon, New Jersey, of Catalan and Irish descent. His father, Dr. José María Ferrer , was born in Cuba, was an authority on pneumonia and served as chief of staff of St....
: Philip Allan - Claude DauphinClaude Dauphin (actor)Claude Dauphin was a French actor. He appeared in over 130 films between 1930 and 1978.He was born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne. His father was Maurice Étienne Legrand, a poet who wrote as Franc-Nohain, and who was the librettist for Maurice Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole.Dauphin married...
: Georges Beaufort- Marcel DalioMarcel DalioMarcel Dalio was a French character actor. He had major roles in two of Jean Renoir's most famous films, Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game.- Biography :...
: le bijoutier (uncredited) - Claude PiépluClaude PiépluClaude Léon Auguste Piéplu was a French film and television actor.-Filmography:*Shadoks et le Big Blank, Les *Astérix et Obélix contre César *Chapeau bas...
: un vigile (uncredited) - Philippe March : un vigile (uncredited)
- René Lefèvre-Bel : le majordome de Philip (uncredited)
- Marie-France PisierMarie-France PisierMarie-France Pisier was a French actress. She appeared in numerous films of the French New Wave and twice earned the national César Award for Best Supporting Actress.-Life and career:...
: figurante (uncredited)
- Marcel Dalio
3rd episode
- Charles AznavourCharles AznavourCharles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...
: Denis Mayeux, brother of Catherine (the committing suicide) - Lino VenturaLino VenturaLino Ventura , was an Italian actor who starred in French movies.-Biography:Born as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, "Lino" dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs...
: Garigny, the procurer - Maurice BiraudMaurice BiraudMaurice Biraud was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon * Poisson d'avril...
: Louis, the inspector of police - Henri Vilbert : Alexandre, the restaurateur
- Maurice TeynacMaurice TeynacMaurice Teynac was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.- Selected filmography :* Le Pavillon brûle * The Red Rose * Austerlitz * Le Capitaine Fracasse...
: grandfather - Clément Harari : a man of hand of Garigny
- Guy Mairesse or Pierre Fromont : a man of hand of Garigny
- Yana Chouri : a woman from the restaurant
4th episode
- FernandelFernandelFernand Joseph Désiré Contandin , better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, he was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues...
: the madman who is taken for God alias « le père Gilbert » - Germaine Kerjean : grandmother
- Gaston ModotGaston ModotGaston Modot was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of French directors....
: Auguste, grandfather - Claudine Maugey : Marie, small girl
- René Clermont : father
- Josette Vardier : mother
5th episode
- Alain DelonAlain DelonAlain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot...
: Pierre Messager - Danielle DarrieuxDanielle DarrieuxDanielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux is a French actress and singer, who has appeared in more than 110 films since 1931. She is one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career is among the longest in film history....
: Clarisse Ardant alias Solange Beauchon - Madeleine Robinson : Germaine Messager
- Georges WilsonGeorges WilsonGeorges Wilson was a French film and television actor. He is the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine , to a French father and an Irish mother...
: Marcel Messager - Roland Armontel : Monsieur Mercier
- Hubert Noël : friend of Clarisse
- Dominique Paturel : the actor
- Gaby Basset : the dresser
- Robert Le Béal : the movie director
- Raoul Marco : an actor
6th episode
- Jean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude BrialyJean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...
: Didier sailor, the bank clerk - Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLouis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
: Antoine Vaillant, the embezzler - Armande Navarre) : Janine Millaud, fiancée of Didier Marin
- Noël RoquevertNoël RoquevertNoël Roquevert was a French film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1932 and 1972.He was born in Doué-la-Fontaine, France and died in Douarnenez, France.-Selected filmography:* Le Corbeau...
: inspector
7th épisode
- Michel SimonMichel SimonMichel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
: Jérôme Chambard - Lucien BarouxLucien BarouxLucien Baroux was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s....
: Monseigneur Trousselier - Madeleine Clervanne : Delphine
External links
- Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) at the Films de France
- The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Feature Films, 1961-1970, Part 2, University of California PressUniversity of California PressUniversity of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
, 1997, p. 251 - Der Teufel und die zehn Gebote at the defunes.de
- Bosley CrowtherBosley CrowtherBosley Crowther was a journalist and author who was film critic for The New York Times for 27 years. His reviews and articles helped shape the careers of actors, directors and screenwriters, though his reviews, at times, were unnecessarily mean...
, Le Diable et les Dix Commandements, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, October 15, 1963