---
title: 'Les Enfants Terribles (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-enfants-terribles-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042436/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Les Enfants Terribles (1950)

1950 · 109 min · Drama, Romance · France

Original title: Les Enfants terribles

## Synopsis

Les Enfants terribles is a 1950 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, with a screenplay adapted by Jean Cocteau from his 1929 novel of the same name about the tangled relationship of a close brother and sister.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Jean Cocteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-cocteau), [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Producer:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Johann Sebastian Bach](https://cinepixo.com/people/johann-sebastian-bach)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)

## Cast

- [Annabel Buffet](https://cinepixo.com/people/annabel-buffet)
- [Jacques Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-bernard)
- [Renée Cosima](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-cosima)
- [Rachel Devirys](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-devirys)
- [Hélène Rémy](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-remy)
- [Edouard Dermit](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-dermit)
- [Jean-Marie Robain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marie-robain)
- [Nicole Stéphane](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-stephane)
- [Jean Cocteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-cocteau)
- [Roger Gaillard](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-gaillard)
- [Pierre Bénichou](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-benichou)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-enfants-terribles-1950
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