Malpertuis | |
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Directed by | Harry Kümel |
Written by | Jean Ferry |
Based on | Malpertuis by Jean Ray |
Produced by | Paul Laffargue Ritta Laffargue Pierre Levie |
Starring | Orson Welles Susan Hampshire Michel Bouquet Mathieu Carrière Jean-Pierre Cassel Daniel Pilon Walter Rilla Dora van der Groen Charles Janssens Sylvie Vartan |
Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
Edited by | Richard Marden |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Production companies | Artemis Film Les Productions Artistes Associés |
Distributed by | Premier Releasing |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Countries | Belgium France West Germany |
Languages | Dutch French English |
Malpertuis (released in the US as The Legend of Doom House) is a 1971 Belgian fantasy horror film directed by Harry Kümel, based on the 1943 novel of the same name. It was selected for the official selection and was presented "in competition" at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. A Flemish "director's cut" version was released in 1973.[1][2]