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The Devil

192160 minUnited States
Drama
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
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59:53
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Synopsis

An apparently cultivated stranger overhears a young couple declare that good must always prevail over evil. Taking their confidence as a challenge, he begins manipulating their relationships under the guise of a helpful doctor. The couple's assumptions are tested by temptations designed to make them undermine their own happiness.

Cast

DirectorsJames Young

Inspirations

George Arliss made his film debut in a role drawn from Ferenc Molnár's play, which had already brought him success on Broadway. The screen version gives the social manipulator an explicitly supernatural identity.

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