The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1959)

Original title

Le Testament du docteur Cordelier

Directed by

Jean Renoir

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A respected doctor in 1950s France secretly experiments on himself and transforms into a violent alter ego. The film shows his struggle to control the monstrous side of his personality.

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What happens

The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (French: Le Testament du docteur Cordelier) is a 1959 French black-and-white television film directed by Jean Renoir. It has been released in the United Kingdom as Experiment in Evil and on DVD as The Testament of Doctor Cordelier. The film is a retelling of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson set in 1950s France. Jean-Louis Barrault plays Dr. Cordelier/Opale, the substitute for Dr. Jekyll/Hyde character; the film is also known for its visual style that is far above the normal television programs of the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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