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Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier
The Doctor's Horrible Experiment
Jean Renoir
In Paris, the lawyer Joly is given the will of his friend and client Cordelier, a well-known psychiatrist, who leaves everything to a patient called Opale. However Joly learns that this Opale is a sadistic pervert and murderer who keeps evading the police...
The film is a retelling of the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson set in 1950s France. Jean-Louis Barrault plays Dr. Cordelier/Opale, the substitute for Dr. Jekyll/Hyde character.
- Interprétation
- Jean-Louis Barrault, Michel Vitold, Teddy Bilis, Micheline Gary, Jean Topart
- Scénario
- Jean Renoir, d'après le roman de Robert Louis Stevenson L'Étrange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde, non cité au générique
- Photographie
- Georges Leclerc
- Son
- Joseph Richard
- Montage
- Renée Lichtig, Maryse Barbut, Françoise London
- Musique
- Joseph Kosma
- Décors
- Marcel-Louis Dieulot
- Production
- RTF, Sofirad, Compagnie Jean Renoir