Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil (1926)

Drama, Romance1 hour and 52 minutes
73%
User score

Passion ran like wine in their blood!

Description

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.

Clarence Brown
Director
Benjamin Glazer
Screenplay
Marian Ainslee
Writer
Hermann Sudermann
Novel

Actors

John Gilbert
John Gilbert
Leo von Harden
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Felicitas
Lars Hanson
Lars Hanson
Ulrich von Eltz
Barbara Kent
Barbara Kent
Hertha von Eltz
William Orlamond
William Orlamond
Uncle Kutowski
George Fawcett
George Fawcett
Pastor Voss
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer
Leo's Mother
Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott
Count von Rhaden
Marcelle Corday
Marcelle Corday
Minna
Frankie Darro
Frankie Darro
Boy who dances with Hertha (uncredited)
Philippe De Lacy
Philippe De Lacy
Leo as a boy (uncredited)
Virginia Marshall
Virginia Marshall
Hertha as a girl (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy
Maurice Murphy
Ulrich as a boy (uncredited)
Polly Moran
Polly Moran
Family Retainer with bouquet (uncredited)
Carl Roup
Carl Roup
Train Station Vendor (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Russ Powell
Family Retainer with flag (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$373,000

Revenue

$658,000

Keywords
adulteryfriendshipbrotherhoodmale friendshipbetrayalduelsilent filmblood brothertemptress