Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

97 mins | Drama, Crime | March 4, 1964

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

Diary of a Chambermaid

97 mins | Drama, Crime | March 4, 1964

Diary of a Chambermaid
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Filmsonor, Spéva Films, Ciné-Alliance
Original title Le journal d'une femme de chambre
Directors Suzanne Durrenberger, Pierre Lary, Juan Luis Buñuel, Luis Buñuel
Writers Octave Mirbeau, Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

as Céléstine

Georges Géret

as Joseph

Michel Piccoli

as Monsieur Monteil

Françoise Lugagne

as Madame Monteil

Jean Ozenne

as Monsieur Rabour

Daniel Ivernel

as Captain Mauger

Bernard Musson

as Le sacristain

Jean-Claude Carrière

as Le curé

Muni

as Marianne

Claude Jaeger

as Le Juge

Madeleine Damien

as La cuisinière des Monteil

Geymond Vital

as Le brigadier sur le quai de la gare

Jean Franval

as Le facteur

Marcel Rouzé

as Le chef de gare

Jeanne Pérez

as La commère

Andrée Tainsy

as La paysanne

Pierre Collet

as Le voyageur

Aline Bertrand

as La voyageuse

Marc Eyraud

as Le secrétaire du commissaire

Gabriel Gobin

as Le brigadier qui vient arrêter Joseph

Dominique Zardi

as Le policier

Françoise Bertin

as (uncredited)

Joëlle Bernard

as (uncredited)

Michel Dacquin

as (uncredited)