The Hatters Ghost
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Claude Chabrol Music director Matthieu Chabrol Duration Language French | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller Screenplay Claude Chabrol Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 25 May 1982 Based on Les fantomes du chapelier by
Georges Simenon Writer Claude Chabrol, Georges Simenon (novel) Cast Michel Serrault (Léon Labbé), Charles Aznavour (Kachoudas, le tailleur), Monique Chaumette (Mme Labbé), François Cluzet (Jeantet), Isabelle Sadoyan (Alice Kachoudas), Jean Champion (Le sénateur Laude)Similar movies The Collector , Madman , Mad Max: Fury Road , Halloween , Prom Night , The Prowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Hatter's Ghost (French: "Les fantômes du chapelier") is a 1982 film directed by Claude Chabrol. It is based on the 1947 story Le Petit Tailleur et le Chapelier by Georges Simenon. It takes place in Brittany and was shot in the towns of Concarneau and Quimper.
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Plot
Labbé, a hatter in a French provincial town, appears to lead the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour, Kachoudas, an Armenian tailor. After Labbé kills his own wife, he kills six of her friends to stop them from visiting her and prepares to murder a seventh, who dies naturally. As a substitute, he murders the maid. Labbé soon confesses his crime to the dying Kachoudas. After getting drunk, he visits his favourite prostitute, Berthe, and kills her; he is found at the scene of the crime in the morning by police.
Critical reception
TV Guide rated the film with 2 1/2 out of 5 stars and commented:
From Time Out London:
References
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