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28 June 1974 (Finland) morePlot:
Malpertuis is a labyrinth where characters issued from the Greek mythology are made prisoners by Cassavius... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Restored to brilliance moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Orson Welles | ... | Cassavius | |
| Susan Hampshire | ... | Nancy / Euryale / Alice / Nurse | |
| Michel Bouquet | ... | Dideloo | |
| Mathieu Carrière | ... | Jan | |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Lampernisse | |
| Daniel Pilon | ... | Mathias Crook | |
| Walter Rilla | ... | Eigengott | |
| Dora van der Groen | ... | Sylvie Dideloo | |
| Charles Janssens | ... | Philarette | |
| Sylvie Vartan | ... | Bets | |
| Jet Naessens | ... | Eleonora | |
| Cara Van Wersch | ... | Rosalie | |
| Jenny Van Santvoort | ... | Elodie | |
| Fanny Winkler | ... | Mother Griboin | |
| Robert Lussac | ... | Griboin (as Bob Storm) |
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Malpertuis: Histoire d'une maison maudite (Belgium: French title)Malpertuis: The Legend of Doom House
The Legend of Doom House (USA)
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Having seen this film some years ago on television in a dark, dubbed and cut print, I had all but forgotten it. Yesterday I saw Kumel's restored cut in his own Flemish language, running 124 minutes, and my reaction was "brilliant". The picture was actually originally made in English, French, German and Dutch versions and then hacked to bits in the various markets. This film is a "must-see" for any serious film fan with its fabulous photography, stylish composition and surreal overtones - Magritte too was Belgian. It's more than a horror film as it has often been tagged, but a series of dreams or perhaps nightmares with all the illogic of dreams. I am fairly certain that Welles did his own Flemish dialog and that too makes it a must for the connoisseur.