The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The story

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

C Claude RichLe diable - Voix Off (non crédité) F Françoise ArnoulFrançoise Beaufort C Charles AznavourDenis Mayeux J Jean-Claude BrialyDidier Marin D Danielle DarrieuxClarisse Ardan A Alain DelonPierre Messager F FernandelDieu / God M Mel FerrerPhilip Allan M Micheline PresleMicheline Allan M Madeleine RobinsonGermaine Messager D Dany SavalTania M Michel SimonJérôme Chambard

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L Lino VenturaGarigny G Georges WilsonMarcel Messager L Louis de FunèsAntoine Vaillant, l'escroc L Lucien BarouxTroussemier - l'évêque / The bishop R Roland ArmontelMercier M Maurice BiraudLouis J Jean CarmetLe clochard A André GabrielloLe brigadier D Denise GenceLa chaisière G Germaine KerjeanLa grand-mère R Roger NicolasPaulo C Claude NollierLa mère supérieure N Noël RoquevertL'inspecteur de police H Henri VilbertAlexandre H Henri TisotPhilippe Dancourt C Claude DauphinGeorges Beaufort M Marcel DalioLe bijoutier / Jeweler E Edmond ArdissonUn agent Y Yves BarsacqUn agent G Gaby BassetL'habilleuse B Betty BeckersUne amie de Mauricette A Anne Beguet R René ClermontLe père M Madeleine ClervanneDelphine M Mireille DarcUne amie de Mauricette M Maurice TeynacLe père supérieur / Father Superior H Hénia SucharCatherine Mayeux (uncredited) J Jean Gras C Clément HarariUn homme de main de Garigny D Dany Jacquet R Robert Le BéalLe metteur en scène J Jean LuisiL'adjoint corse de l'inspecteur C Claudine MaugeyMarie A Albert MichelLe maraîcher G Gaston ModotLe grand-père J Jean-Paul MoulinotLe directeur de la banque A Armande NavarreJanine H Hubert NoëlL'amant de Clarisse D Dominique PaturelLe comédien P Pierre Paulet P Pierre SergeolLe concierge J Josette Vardier S Sherry Young C Claude Piépluun garde du corps M Marie-France Pisier(uncredited)