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Malpertuis

Original title: The Legend of Doom House

“If you expect to get out alive... you must be dreaming.”

1971 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by Harry Kümel
DramaFantasyHorror

Cast

Orson Welles Susan Hampshire Michel Bouquet Charles Janssens Mathieu Carrière Jean-Pierre Cassel

Plot

In a mansion, a sailor discovers that the Greek gods live in disguise under a dying old man's roof, in a surreal adaptation of Jean Ray's novel.

Sinekatalog’s take

A baroque, fantastic oddity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (2,022 votes)
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