The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)

5.7/10 120 min Comedy

Overview

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

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

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