Flesh and the Devil

Dec 25, 1926

1h 52m

★ 7.2

Passion ran like wine in their blood!

Overview

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Leo von Harden

John Gilbert

Felicitas

Greta Garbo

Ulrich von Eltz

Lars Hanson

Hertha von Eltz

Barbara Kent

Uncle Kutowski

William Orlamond

Pastor Voss

George Fawcett

Leo's Mother

Eugenie Besserer

Count von Rhaden

Marc McDermott

Minna

Marcelle Corday

Boy who dances with Hertha (uncredited)

Frankie Darro

Leo as a boy (uncredited)

Philippe De Lacy

Hertha as a girl (uncredited)

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