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Title: Malpertuis (1971)
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| Orson Welles | ... | Cassavius | |
| Susan Hampshire | ... | Nancy / Euryale / Alice / Nurse / Charlotte | |
| Michel Bouquet | ... | Charles Dideloo | |
| Mathieu Carrière | ... | Jan | |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Lampernisse | |
| Daniel Pilon | ... | Mathias Crook | |
| Walter Rilla | ... | Eisengott | |
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Dora van der Groen | ... | Sylvie Dideloo |
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Charles Janssens | ... | Philarette |
| Sylvie Vartan | ... | Bets | |
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Jet Naessens | ... | Eleonora |
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Cara Van Wersch | ... | Rosalie |
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Jenny Van Santvoort | ... | Elodie |
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Fanny Winkler | ... | Mother Griboin |
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Robert Lussac | ... | Griboin (as Bob Storm) |
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Malpertuis is a labyrinth where characters issued from the Greek mythology are made prisoners by Cassavius. He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) as prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As the nephew unravels the mystery, we find out he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than we were led to believe. Written by Flávia Dietrich
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1971 (Belgium) See more »Also Known As:
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This film was Harry Kümel's favorite project for a long time but it was not until his previous film Daughters of Darkness (1971) succeeded at the box office (most notably in the US) that he managed to raise funding for it. Unfortunately, "Malpertuis" did poorly in most countries, though it was even nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. See more »Alternate Versions
First screened at Cannes at 99 minutes. The Director's Cut runs 119 minutes. See more »Contribute to This Page
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My hopes were high for this film. I'd seen Kumel's Le Rouge aux levres/Daughters of Darkness, the most stylish vampire/kinky sex movie ever made, and I love its sly wit and arresting visuals. Malpertuis is not as effective, alas, and I put that down to an overly-complicated story weighed down by too many classical references taken from the novel. Lampernisse, standing in for Prometheus, just doesn't work as a character. Why introduce the Erinyes, the three women who punished offenders against blood kin, when they don't advance the story? It's not an easy thing to watch a movie with a handbook of classical mythology by your side.
Having said this, I will add that it is wonderful to watch film that shows a great visual sophistication (crowd shots that evoke an Ensor painting, or that wonderful twisting staircase in the house) and never needs F/X. We have lost a great deal by the subservience to CGI today.