L'esprit du mal
1954, French. Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras.
The story of a Machiavellian plan hatched by a money-grubbing stepmother to push aside the young lover of her stepdaughter whom she wants to marry a wealthy idiot. The woman devises the most abominable machinations to achieve her ends, going as far as to try and murder her own husband. This melodrama in which evil attempts to prevail over love was adapted from the play THE SPIRIT OF EVIL by Quebec’s prolific playwright of the 40s and 50s Henri Deyglun.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 27 February 1954
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Henri Deyglun, Louis Pelland
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L'esprit du mal isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 February 1954. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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L'esprit du mal (1954) was directed by Jean-Yves Bigras and stars Camille Ducharme, Roger Garceau, Robert Rivard.