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The Devil's Holiday (1930)

The Devil's Holiday poster
Original title
Les Vacances du diable
Directed by
Alberto Cavalcanti
Genre
drama film
Country
France, United States
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces dangerous pressure from her lover and his family. Her choices put her at the center of a romantic and social conflict.

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What happens

The Devil's Holiday (French: Les vacances du diable) is a 1931 American-French drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Marcelle Chantal, Thomy Bourdelle and Jacques Varennes. It is the French-language version of The Devil's Holiday (1930). It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures which invested heavily in multi-language versions during the early years of sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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