Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot

2009·102'

Serge Bromberg

Documentary

★ 7.3

Letterboxd TMDB #41504

A master filmmaker's unfinished dream

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)

Maurice Teynac M. Bordure (archive footage)

Blanchette Brunoy Clotilde (archive footage)