The Devil and the Ten Commandments
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.
Release Date
September 14, 1962Runtime
120 minGenres
ComedyDirected by
Julien Duvivier, Tony Aboyantz, Pierre DesfonsWritten by
Julien DuvivierLanguage
FrenchBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
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
Lino Ventura
Garigny
Georges Wilson
Marcel Messager
Louis de Funès
Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Lucien Baroux
Troussemier - l'évêque / The bishop
Roland Armontel
Mercier
Maurice Biraud
Louis
Jean Carmet
Le clochard
André Gabriello
Le brigadier
Denise Gence
La chaisière
Germaine Kerjean
La grand-mère
Roger Nicolas
Paulo
Claude Nollier
La mère supérieure
Noël Roquevert
L'inspecteur de police
Henri Vilbert
Alexandre
Henri Tisot
Philippe Dancourt
Claude Dauphin
Georges Beaufort
Marcel Dalio
Le bijoutier / Jeweler
Edmond Ardisson
Un agent
Yves Barsacq
Un agent
Gaby Basset
L'habilleuse
Betty Beckers
Une amie de Mauricette
René Clermont
Le père
Mireille Darc
Une amie de Mauricette
Maurice Teynac
Le père supérieur / Father Superior
Hénia Suchar
Catherine Mayeux (uncredited)
Clément Harari
Un homme de main de Garigny
Dany Jacquet
Robert Le Béal
Le metteur en scène
Jean Luisi
L'adjoint corse de l'inspecteur
Albert Michel
Le maraîcher
Gaston Modot
Le grand-père
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Le directeur de la banque
Armande Navarre
Janine
Hubert Noël
L'amant de Clarisse
Dominique Paturel
Le comédien
Pierre Sergeol
Le concierge
Claude Piéplu
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