Demoniac

Demoniac

101 mins | Drama | April 26, 1957

Les Louves was also released as Demoniaque and She Wolves. By any name, it's a puzzler, at least until the final fast-paced scenes. Gervais (FranÁois Perier) escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Helene (Micheline Presle), a woman whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and moves in with her. The woman's sister, Agnes (Jeanne Moreau), dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. But he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia (Madeleine Robinson), refuses to blow the whistle on him.

Demoniac

101 mins | Drama | April 26, 1957

Demoniac
Les Louves was also released as Demoniaque and She Wolves. By any name, it's a puzzler, at least until the final fast-paced scenes. Gervais (FranÁois Perier) escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Helene (Micheline Presle), a woman whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and moves in with her. The woman's sister, Agnes (Jeanne Moreau), dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. But he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia (Madeleine Robinson), refuses to blow the whistle on him.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers
Original title Les louves
Directors Luis Saslavsky
Writers Pierre Boileau

Cast

François Périer

as Gervais Larauch / Bernard Pradal

Micheline Presle

as Hélène Vanaux

Jeanne Moreau

as Agnès Vanaux

Madeleine Robinson

as Julia Pradal

Marc Cassot

as Bernard Pradal

Pierre Mondy

as André Vilsan

Paul Faivre

as The Doctor / Police Commissioner

Simone Angèle

as The Visitor

Jo Peignot

as The Pharmacist

Clément Harari

as Pharmacist's Assistant