Film noir mastermind Henri-Georges Clouzot is best known for his terrific thrillers DIABOLIQUE and WAGES OF FEAR, both counted among the best genre films of their time.
Filmography:
Chanson d'Une Nuit (1933; coscr)
Tout Pour l'Amour (1933; codir)
Le Monde Tremblera (1939; scr)
Le Dernier de Six (1941; coscr[dialogues])
Les Inconnus dans la Maison (1941; scr; based on Georges Simenon's novel; aka Strangers in the House)
L'Assassin Habite au 21 (1942; dir: aka The Murderer Lives at No. 21)
Le Corbeau (1943; dir, coscr)
Quai des Orfèvres (1947; dir, coscr; based on the novel Légitime Défense by Stanislas-André Steeman)
Retour a la Vie (1948; seq dir, seq coscr; aka Return to Life)
Manon (1948; dir, coscr; based on the novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost)
Miquette et Sa Mère (1949; dir)
Le Salaire de la Peur (1952; dir, coscr, prod; based on the novel by Georges Arnaud)
Diabolique (1954; dir, coscr; based on Celle Qui N'Etait Pas by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac)
S.O.S. Lutezia (1955; coscr; aka Si Tous les Gars du Monde, Race for Life)
Le Mystère Picasso (1956; dir; aka The Mystery of Picasso)
Les Espions (1957; dir, coscr, prod; based on the novel Le Vertige di Minuit by Egon Hostovsky)
La Vérité (1960; dir, coscr; aka The Truth)
Karajan: Early Images, Vol. 2 (1966; dir)
La Prisonnière (1968; dir, scr)
Messa da Requiem (1969; dir; opera made for TV; aka Verdi's Requiem Mass)
L'Enfèr (1994; based on his original screenplay)
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