Malpertuis (film)
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| Directed by | Harry Kümel |
| Produced by |
Paul Laffargue Ritta Laffargue Pierre Levie |
| Written by |
Jean Ferry (adaptation) Jean Ray (original novel) |
| Starring |
Orson Welles Susan Hampshire Michel Bouquet Mathieu Carrière Jean-Pierre Cassel Daniel Pilon Walter Rilla Dora van der Groen Charles Janssens Sylvie Vartan |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
| Edited by | Richard Marden |
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119 minutes |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | Dutch |
Malpertuis — released in the US as The Legend of Doom House — is a 1971 Belgian fantasy-horror directed by Harry Kümel, based on the 1943 novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius (Welles). He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, (Carrière) unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.
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