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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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