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Devil in the Flesh

Original title: Le diable au corps
  • 1947
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
851
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Devil in the Flesh (1947)
DramaRomance

During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.During World War I, the star-crossed affair of an underage French student with a woman engaged to a soldier.

  • Director
    • Claude Autant-Lara
  • Writers
    • Raymond Radiguet
    • Jean Aurenche
    • Pierre Bost
  • Stars
    • Micheline Presle
    • Gérard Philipe
    • Denise Grey
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    851
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Claude Autant-Lara
    • Writers
      • Raymond Radiguet
      • Jean Aurenche
      • Pierre Bost
    • Stars
      • Micheline Presle
      • Gérard Philipe
      • Denise Grey
    • 8User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations

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    Gérard Philipe in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
    Gérard Philipe and Micheline Presle in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
    Michel François and Gérard Philipe in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
    Michel François and Gérard Philipe in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
    Gérard Philipe and Micheline Presle in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
    Gérard Philipe and Micheline Presle in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
    Gérard Philipe in Devil in the Flesh (1947)
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    Micheline Presle
    Micheline Presle
    • Marthe Grangier
    Gérard Philipe
    Gérard Philipe
    • François Jaubert
    Denise Grey
    Denise Grey
    • Madame Grangier
    Jean Debucourt
    Jean Debucourt
    • Edouard Jaubert
    Palau
    Palau
    • Monsieur Marin
    Jean Lara
    • Jacques Lacombe
    • (as Jean Varas)
    Michel François
    • René
    Richard Francoeur
    • Le maître d'hôtel du grand restaurant
    Max Maxudian
    Max Maxudian
    • Le maître d'école
    Germaine Ledoyen
    • Madame Jaubert
    Jeanne Pérez
    • Madame Marin
    Jacques Tati
    Jacques Tati
    • Un officier au bar
    André Bervil
    • Le fêtard qui annonce l'Armistice avec un jour d'avance
    Edmond Beauchamp
    • Le sommelier du grand restaurant
    Charles Vissières
    • Anselme - le serveur du grand restaurant
    • (as Charles Vissière)
    Henri Gaultier
    • Monsieur Georges - le gérant du grand restaurant
    Jean Relet
      Marthe Mellot
      • La religieuse
      • Director
        • Claude Autant-Lara
      • Writers
        • Raymond Radiguet
        • Jean Aurenche
        • Pierre Bost
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      • Trivia
        On 29 June 1947, the French ambassador in Belgium, Raymond Brugère, walked out the screening at Brussels World Film Festival to express disapproval of the movie.
      • Connections
        Featured in In Praise of Older Women (1978)
      • Soundtracks
        Roses of Picardy
        Music by Haydn Wood

        (1916)

      User reviews8

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      9/10
      Ah, memories!
      Why 9 instead of 10? Because films seen long ago are not always, on re-viewing, as good as they seemed at the time, when one was younger; and I have no idea whether or not this will be the case here. The restaurant scene in which Philipe, to impress Presle, returns the wine lingers still in my memory as both comic and touching. I don't remember when I saw it (and returned to see it again). While I think I was between 18 and 21, I may have been older. Needless to say, I loved it. I even went to the library and read the Radiguet book on which it was based. More recently, I've searched for it on VHS and DVD. No luck. With The Charterhouse of Parma and Fanfan the Tulip now out on DVD, perhaps this one will appear soon. And The Red and the Black not cut for US distribution. One can only hope.
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      • hendersonhall
      • Jan 9, 2010

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      • Release date
        • May 9, 1949 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Le Diable au Corps
      • Filming locations
        • Studios de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
      • Production company
        • Transcontinental Films
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      • Runtime
        2 hours 2 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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