No Exit
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tad Danielewski
Viveca Lindfors
Rita Gam
Morgan Sterne
Ben Piazza
Susana Mayo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Three strangers are ushered into a brightly-lit hotel room. They are: Garcin, a self-proclaimed heroic journalist who considers himself to be of high moral standards; Estelle, a narcissistic society wife; and Inez, a lesbian. As the trio become aware that they are doomed to spend eternity together in the single room, they begin pairing off in conspiracies against one another. All attempted liaisons fail, however, because each has contempt for the others' weaknesses. It is discovered that Garcin was actually shot for cowardice; Estelle is revealed to be a nymphomaniac who married for money, killed her unwanted child, and then destroyed her husband; and Inez is exposed as a frustrated woman who took her own life after seducing a married woman and driving her to suicide. After a violent quarrel, Estelle stabs Inez with a paper knife, but it is in vain. Following the final realization that they can never escape from each other, the three break into hysterical laughter and then become silent.
Director
Tad Danielewski
Cast
Viveca Lindfors
Rita Gam
Morgan Sterne
Ben Piazza
Susana Mayo
Orlando Sacha
Manuel Roson
Mirtha Miller
Miguel A. Irarte
Elsa Dorian
Mario Horna
Carlos Brown
Crew
Haydee Aued
Fernando Ayala
Jacques Bart
Ricardo Becher
Domingo Bugallo
Esteban Etcheverrito
José Feijoo
Aida Fernández
Julio Kaufman
Emilio A. Keller
Horace Lannes
Carl Lerner
Hector Olivera
Carlos Parera
Atilio Rinaldi
Guillermo Smith
Michelle Sutherland
George Tabori
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Mario Vanarelli
Ricardo Younis
James G. Zea
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed in Argentina and released there as Huis clos. Also known as Sinners Go to Hell.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Best Actress Prize, shared by Lindfors and Gam, at the 1962 Berlin Film Festival.
Released in United States Winter December 1962
Released in United States July 1962
Released in United States 1996
Shown at Berlin Film Festival July 1962.
Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival as part of program "The Fast and the Fallen" March 21 - April 4, 1996.
Released in United States Winter December 1962
Released in United States July 1962 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival July 1962.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival as part of program "The Fast and the Fallen" March 21 - April 4, 1996.)
