The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Le Diable et les Dix Commandements

1962·120'

Julien Duvivier

Comedy

French

Letterboxd TMDB #53386

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