Devil in the Flesh (1947)

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 (novel), Jean Aurenche

Stars:

Micheline Presle, Gérard Philipe, Denise Grey

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Micheline Presle	...	Marthe Grangier
Gérard Philipe	...	François Jaubert
Denise Grey	...	Madame Grangier
Jean Debucourt	...	Edouard Jaubert
Palau	...	Monsieur Marin
Jean Lara	...	Jacques Lacombe (as Jean Varas)
Michel François	...	René
Richard Francoeur	...	Le maître d'hôtel du grand restaurant
Max Maxudian	...	Le maître d'école
Germaine Ledoyen	...	Madame Jaubert
Jeanne Pérez	...	Madame Marin
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)

Storyline

During World War I, underage student Francois Jaubert meets and falls in love with Marthe Grangier, who is engaged to Jacques, a soldier at the Front. Though Francois pursues her ardently, they become separated and she marries Jacques. But when Marthe and Francois meet again, their mutual feelings prove stronger than ever, and they begin an extramarital affair...regardless of potentially tragic consequences.

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Plot Keywords:

flashback | told in flashback | 1910s | year 1914 | teenage boy | 

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Taglines:

Intimate as a wire recorder in a bedroom!

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Genres:

Romance | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

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.

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Connections

Version of Devil in the Flesh (1999)

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Soundtracks

La Marseillaise
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
(1792)

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

9 May 1949 (USA)

Also Known As:

Devil in the Flesh

Filming Locations:

Studios de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Transcontinental Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1