Devil and the Angel
La Foire aux chimères
Rating: 5.4 · 1946 · Drama · France · 1 ч 47 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Original title
- La Foire aux chimères
- Year
- 1946
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1 ч 47 мин
- TMDB
- 5.4
- IMDb
- 5.4
Director
Cast
- 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
- Annette Poivre — The substitute
- Eugène Frouhins — Domestic
- Denise Benoit
- Jean-Paul Moulinot
- Dora Doll — Lenoir's secretary
- Howard Vernon — Furet henchman
- Maurice Devienne
- Bill Bocket — Circus employee