A Woman Like Satan

A Woman Like Satan

In Her Hands Men Were Puppets...Loving Her Was Like Walking Blindfolded Into a Jungle!

1958 · 101 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, Romance

Handsome and rich Spanish gentleman abandons his wife and riches for his love of a young girl of poor stock who taunts and degrades him.

Directed by Julien Duvivier · Written by Julien Duvivier

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