The Devil and the Ten Commandments

5.5 / 10

(32 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Italy

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

120 minutes

Year:

1962

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Cast:
Claude Rich

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Françoise Arnoul

Françoise Beaufort

Charles Aznavour

Denis Mayeux

Jean-Claude Brialy

Didier Marin

Danielle Darrieux

Clarisse Ardan

Crew:
Julien Duvivier

Director

Julien Duvivier

Writer

Henri Jeanson

Dialogue

Almos Mezo

Producer

Robert Amon

Producer