Devil and the Angel

Devil and the Angel

1946 · 107 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Pierre Chenal

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Erich von Stroheim Frank Davis
Madeleine Sologne Jeanne "Angela"
Louis Salou Furet
Jean-Jacques Delbo Lenoir
Margo Lion Marie-Louise
Yves Vincent Robert
Claudine Dupuis Clara
Pierre Labry Inspector Gardel
Georges Vitray Bank manager
George Cusin
Marcel Mérovée Doudou
Gustave Gallet Frank Davis' secretary

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