Dr. Cordelier / Opale (played by Jean-Louis Barrault) is a protagonist in Experiment in Evil.
Dr. Cordelier is a well-known psychiatrist whose will leaves his entire estate to Opale. He is secretly Opale, having used long research into mind-altering drugs to create a separate persona for hidden desires after guilt over exploiting female staff and patients. Exposed by Joly, he confesses and dies from an overdose. Joly (played by Teddy Bilis) appears in Experiment in Evil.
Joly is a lawyer, as well as Cordelier's friend and client, who receives the psychiatrist's will. He investigates why the estate is left to the elusive and dangerous Opale, then enters Cordelier's laboratory during the climax and discovers the truth that Cordelier and Opale are the same person. Little Girl Attacked by Opale (played by Sylviane Margollé) appears in Experiment in Evil.
Little Girl's Mother (played by Dominique Dangon) appears in Experiment in Evil.
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Characters
Dr. Cordelier / Opale
(played by Jean-Louis Barrault) — protagonist
Dr. Cordelier is a well-known psychiatrist whose will leaves his entire estate to Opale. He is secretly Opale, having used long research into mind-altering drugs to create a separate persona for hidde...
Joly
(played by Teddy Bilis) — supporting
Joly is a lawyer, as well as Cordelier's friend and client, who receives the psychiatrist's will. He investigates why the estate is left to the elusive and dangerous Opale, then enters Cordelier's lab...
Little Girl Attacked by Opale
(played by Sylviane Margollé) — supporting
Little Girl's Mother
(played by Dominique Dangon) — supporting
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Little Girl's Mother → Little Girl Attacked by Opale
(mother)
Joly → Dr. Cordelier / Opale
(Professional Lawyer And Client)
Joly is identified as Cordelier's lawyer and receives Cordelier's will.
Story Analysis
A lawyer follows a disturbing inheritance trail to a psychiatrist whose hidden persona embodies his guilt and destructive desires.
Plot Progression
The Disturbing Testament
Violence Behind Theory
Howls At The Party
The Confession And Death
Directed by Jean Renoir
Experiment in Evil (1960) · 6.7/10 · horror, science-fiction, tv-movie
