Flesh and the Devil (1926)

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Directed by

Clarence Brown

Starring (View all)

John Gilbert
Leo von Harden

Greta Garbo
Felicitas

Lars Hanson
Ulrich von Eltz

Barbara Kent
Hertha

William Orlamond
Uncle Kutowski

George Fawcett
Pastor Voss

Eugenie Besserer
Leo's Mother

Marc McDermott
Count von Rhaden

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Benjamin Glazer

Hermann Sudermann

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Description: The film is a romantic melodrama about two childhood friends who grow up to be soldiers in Germany. One of the friends, Leo (Gilbert), becomes infatuated with Felicitas (Garbo), the wife of a powerful count (a marriage about which Felicitas neglects to inform Leo). The count calls Leo out for a duel of honor, but insists that it be done under the false pretense that the quarrel was due to angry words exchanged between the two at a card game in order to protect the count's reputation. Leo kills the count in the duel, but then is punished by the military, being sent away to Africa for five years. Due to Ulrich's intervention, Leo ... (more)

Release date: 25 December 1926
UPC: 012569674721

Tags: Silent (3), 1926 (3), Drama (2), Romance (2), Greta Garbo (2), MGM Studios (1), Cinéma Muet (1), Drame Romantique (1), États-Unis (1), Barbara Kent (1), Lars Hanson (1), John Gilbert (1), Gilbert (1), Mgm (1), Cheating (1), Bw (1), B&w (1), Military (1), Black And White (1)

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