The Devil and the Ten Commandments

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Release date: September 14, 1962
Duration: 120 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Claude Rich
Le diable - Voix Off (non crédité)
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Françoise Arnoul
Françoise Beaufort
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Charles Aznavour
Denis Mayeux
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Jean-Claude Brialy
Didier Marin
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Danielle Darrieux
Clarisse Ardan