Malpertuis (film)
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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 |
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| Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
| Edited by | Richard Marden |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
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Malpertuis (released in the United States as The Legend of Doom House) is a 1972 fantasy horror film directed by Harry Kümel, and starring Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Pilon, and Sylvie Vartan. It follows a young sailor who, upon returning to land, awakens to find himself trapped in Malpertuis, his family's isolated labyrinthine estate. It is based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Jean Ray.
Malpertuis was selected for the official selection and was presented "in competition" at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened in a truncated cut at the request of its distributor, United Artists.
A Flemish "director's cut" version was released in 1973.