The Hatter’s Ghost (1982)

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Country: France
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1982-05-25
Director: Claude Chabrol
Writers: Georges Simenon , Claude Chabrol
Language: French | Armenian
Stars: Michel Serrault , Charles Aznavour , Monique Chaumette , François Cluzet , Isabelle Sadoyan , Jean Champion , Bernard Dumaine , Victor Garrivier , Jean Leuvrais , Christine Paolini
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
AKA: Sprzedawca kapeluszy (Poland) , Los fantasmas de un hombre respetable (Argentina) , Призраки шляпника (Russian Federation) , Fantasmas del sombrerero (Argentina) , Призраки шляпника , Les fantômes du chapelier , The Hatter's Ghost (United States of America) , Les fantômes du chapelier (France, French Republic) , Os Fantasmas do Estrangulador (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Kisvárosi fojtogató (Hungary) , Τα φαντάσματα του καπελά (Greece) , I fantasmi del cappellaio (Italy) , Kloboučníkovy Přeludy (Czech Republic) , Hattukauppiaan aaveet (Finland) , Die Phantome des Hutmachers , Los fantasmas del Chapelier (Spain) , Die Fantome des Hutmachers , Os Fantasmas do Chapeleiro (Brazil) , Hattemagerens ånder (Denmark) , Šeširdžijin duh , De Spoken van de Hoedenmaker (Belgium)
Plot: Labbé, a hatter in a French provincial town, leads 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 the hatter kills his own wife, he then kills six of her friends to stop them visiting her and prepares to murder a seventh when the intended victim dies naturally. As a substitute, he murders the maid. At the same time, Kachoudas is dying and Labbé confesses his crime to him. Then, after getting drunk he visits his favourite prostitute Berthe and kills her too, being found there in the morning by the police.
IMDB:tt0083925