Movie
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Released: September 14, 1962 (1962)
Runtime: 120 minutes
Genres: Comedy
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Fernandel as Dieu / God
Age at release: 59
- Danielle Darrieux as Clarisse Ardan
Age at release: 45
- Mel Ferrer as Philip Allan
Age at release: 45
- Madeleine Robinson as Germaine Messager
Age at release: 44
- Micheline Presle as Micheline Allan
Age at release: 40
- Charles Aznavour as Denis Mayeux
Age at release: 38
- Claude Rich as Le diable - Voix Off (non crédité)
Age at release: 33
- Françoise Arnoul as Françoise Beaufort
Age at release: 31
- Jean-Claude Brialy as Didier Marin
Age at release: 29
- Alain Delon as Pierre Messager
Age at release: 26
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- Lucien Baroux as Troussemier - l'évêque / The bishop
Age at release: 73
- Germaine Kerjean as La grand-mère
Age at release: 69
- Noël Roquevert as L'inspecteur de police
Age at release: 69
- Michel Simon as Jérôme Chambard
Age at release: 67
- André Gabriello as Le brigadier
Age at release: 65
- Marcel Dalio as Le bijoutier / Jeweler
Age at release: 62
- Roland Armontel as Mercier
Age at release: 60
- Claude Dauphin as Georges Beaufort
Age at release: 59
- Henri Vilbert as Alexandre
Age at release: 58
- Edmond Ardisson as Un agent
Age at release: 57
- Louis de Funès as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Age at release: 48
- Lino Ventura as Garigny
Age at release: 43
- Roger Nicolas as Paulo
Age at release: 43
- Jean Carmet as Le clochard
Age at release: 42
- Claude Nollier as La mère supérieure
Age at release: 42
- Georges Wilson as Marcel Messager
Age at release: 40
- Maurice Biraud as Louis
Age at release: 40
- Denise Gence as La chaisière
Age at release: 38
- Henri Tisot as Philippe Dancourt
Age at release: 25
- Dany Saval as Tania
Age at release: 20