L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (2009)
"A master filmmaker's unfinished dream"
Title: Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Original Title: L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot
Release Date: 2009-10-01
Status: Released
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 85 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Lobster Films, France 2 Cinéma
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavor through interviews, dramatizations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes.
Cast
Romy Schneider
Odette (archive footage)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Self (archive footage)
Serge Reggiani
Marcel (archive footage)
Bérénice Bejo
Odette
Jacques Gamblin
Marcel
Dany Carrel
Marylou (archive footage)
Jean-Claude Bercq
Martineau (archive footage)
Mario David
Julien (archive footage)
André Luguet
Duhamel (archive footage)
Barbara Sommers
Mme. Bordure (archive footage)
