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Devil and the Angel
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Devil and the Angel

Oct 30, 1946
1h 47m
★ 5.4

Overview

The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

France Cinéma Productions

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Cast

Erich von Stroheim

Frank Davis

Erich von Stroheim

Madeleine Sologne

Jeanne "Angela"

Madeleine Sologne

Louis Salou

Furet

Louis Salou

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Lenoir

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Margo Lion

Marie-Louise

Margo Lion

Yves Vincent

Robert

Yves Vincent

Claudine Dupuis

Clara

Claudine Dupuis

Pierre Labry

Inspector Gardel

Pierre Labry

Georges Vitray

Bank manager

Georges Vitray

George Cusin

George Cusin

Marcel Mérovée

Doudou

Marcel Mérovée

Gustave Gallet

Frank Davis' secretary

Gustave Gallet