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The Devil and the Ten Commandments

5.7 120 mins Comedy   1962
Director(s): Julien Duvivier

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.

Casts of The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Claude Rich

as Le diable - Voix Off (non crédité)

Françoise Arnoul

as Françoise Beaufort

Charles Aznavour

as Denis Mayeux

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Didier Marin

Danielle Darrieux

as Clarisse Ardan

Alain Delon

as Pierre Messager

Fernandel

as Dieu / God

Mel Ferrer

as Philip Allan

Micheline Presle

as Micheline Allan

Madeleine Robinson

as Germaine Messager

Dany Saval

as Tania

Michel Simon

as Jérôme Chambard

Lino Ventura

as Garigny

Georges Wilson

as Marcel Messager

Louis de Funès

as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc

Lucien Baroux

as Troussemier - l'évêque / The bishop

Roland Armontel

as Mercier

Maurice Biraud

as Louis

Jean Carmet

as Le clochard

André Gabriello

as Le brigadier

Denise Gence

as La chaisière

Germaine Kerjean

as La grand-mère

Roger Nicolas

as Paulo

Claude Nollier

as La mère supérieure

Noël Roquevert

as L'inspecteur de police

Henri Vilbert

as Alexandre

Henri Tisot

as Philippe Dancourt

Claude Dauphin

as Georges Beaufort

Marcel Dalio

as Le bijoutier / Jeweler

Edmond Ardisson

as Un agent

Yves Barsacq

as Un agent

Gaby Basset

as L'habilleuse

Betty Beckers

as Une amie de Mauricette

René Clermont

as Le père

Madeleine Clervanne

as Delphine

Mireille Darc

as Une amie de Mauricette

Maurice Teynac

as Le père supérieur / Father Superior

Hénia Suchar

as Catherine Mayeux (uncredited)

Clément Harari

as Un homme de main de Garigny

Robert Le Béal

as Le metteur en scène

Jean Luisi

as L'adjoint corse de l'inspecteur

Claudine Maugey

as Marie

Albert Michel

as Le maraîcher

Gaston Modot

as Le grand-père

Jean-Paul Moulinot

as Le directeur de la banque

Armande Navarre

as Janine

Hubert Noël

as L'amant de Clarisse

Dominique Paturel

as Le comédien

Pierre Sergeol

as Le concierge

Claude Piéplu

as un garde du corps

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