Malpertuis (film)

Malpertuis
Film poster
Directed byHarry Kümel
Written byJean Ferry
Based onMalpertuis
by Jean Ray
Produced byPaul Laffargue
Ritta Laffargue
Pierre Levie
StarringOrson Welles
Susan Hampshire
Michel Bouquet
Mathieu Carrière
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Daniel Pilon
Walter Rilla
Dora van der Groen
Charles Janssens
Sylvie Vartan
CinematographyGerry Fisher
Edited byRichard Marden
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
companies
Distributed byPremier Releasing
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
119 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
West Germany
LanguagesDutch
French
English

Malpertuis (released in the US as The Legend of Doom House) is a 1971 Belgian fantasy horror film directed by Harry Kümel, based on the 1943 novel of the same name. It was selected for the official selection and was presented "in competition" at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. A Flemish "director's cut" version was released in 1973.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Malpertuis". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ "25ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2017.