The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genre

drama film, romance film, melodrama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 74 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Spanish woman plays with the affections of several men causing jealousy and conflict. One man becomes obsessed with her despite warnings from others.

romanticmelancholicstylizedtenseslow-burnvisually lushmanipulativeglamorous

What happens

The Devil Is a Woman is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed and photographed by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by John Dos Passos, based on the 1898 novel The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louÿs. The film stars Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, and Cesar Romero. It marks the last of the six Sternberg–Dietrich collaborations for Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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