Inglorious Baguettes

Vivienne Westwood, 1970s, fashion designer who served as the inspiration for many of the punk looks in the new “Cruella”

Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950) – referenced in the episode

Cruella De Vil was translated around the world, all while maintaining the play-on-words that is a signature element of her name…

• In Bulgarian, her name is (Kruela De Vil), but some properties use her translated name, (Zlobara De Mon)—”Zlobara” meaning malice, spite, or malevolence.
  • In Dutch, the name remains ‘De Vil’. By coincidence, the Dutch verb for ‘skinning’ is villen, and vil is the conjugation of this verb for the first person singular.
  • In the French translation of the Disney animated movie, she is referred as ‘Cruella d’Enfer’—literally meaning ‘Cruella of Hell’ or ‘from Hell’.
  • In Hungarian, her name is Szörny (SOO-OR- NEE) Ella (meaning Ella Monster) in the books and Siorniella de Fraz (Monsterella de Fright) in her Disney appearances.
  o Szörnyella (SOO-OR-NEE-ELLA) de Frász (FR-AS)
  • In Italian, she is called ‘Crudelia De Mon’—a pun on crudele (‘cruel’) (crudellay) and demone (‘demon’) (daaaay-money)
  • In Polish (among other translations), the character is known as ‘Cruella De Mon’—a play on the word ‘demon’.
  • In both Spanish and European Portuguese, the name remains ‘De Vil’, but instead of representing “devil”, it represents words for “from vileness” or “from villainy.”
  • In Ukrainian, her name is La-yuuuu-taila De Vil or Yaa-vole (Lyutella De Vil), puns for the words for cruelty and devil.