Devil and the Angel (1946)

Devil and the Angel (1946)

1946-10-30 France 107 Min. PG-13
5.4 7 votes

Overview

Synopsis by theflixtor - 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.

Cast

Erich von Stroheim is Frank Davis
Madeleine Sologne is Jeanne
Jeanne "Angela"
Margo Lion is Marie-Louise
Marie-Louise
Yves Vincent is Robert
Pierre Labry is Inspector Gardel
Inspector Gardel
Georges Vitray is Bank manager
Bank manager
Gustave Gallet is Frank Davis' secretary
Frank Davis' secretary