Flesh and the Devil (1926)

Directed by

Clarence Brown

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two childhood friends fall in love with the same woman, which leads to betrayal and rivalry. Their friendship is tested by forbidden desire and the consequences of their choices.

romanticmelancholictensevisually lushslow-burntragicpassionatenostalgic

What happens

Flesh and the Devil is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Clarence Brown and stars Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, and Barbara Kent. Based on the 1894 novel The Undying Past by German writer Hermann Sudermann, it was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 25, 1926. In 2006, Flesh and the Devil was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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