The Old Devil
1933 film
- 3 November 1933 (1933-11-03)
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The Old Devil (French: Cette vieille canaille) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar and Alice Field.[1] [2] It was based on a 1931 play of the same title by Fernand Nozière. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director André Andrejew.
Synopsis
The surgeon Guillaume Vautier falls in love with the much younger fairground worker Hélène after he treats her. He tolerates her flirtations with other, younger men, in order to keep her close to him. However, when an old boyfriend Jean Trapeau turns up in her life things become more complicated.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Guillaume Vautier
- Pierre Blanchar as Jean Trapeau
- Alice Field as Hélène
- Paul Azaïs as Jacques
- Christiane Dor as Suzanne
- Madeleine Geoffroy as Germaine
- Pierre Stéphen as Le professeur d'histoire
- Madeleine Guitty as La mère d'Hélène
- Ginette Leclerc as une fille détenue au commissariat
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
- Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Willoughby, Bob. The Star Makers: On Set with Hollywood's Greatest Directors. Merrell, 2003.
External links
- The Old Devil at IMDb
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Films directed by Anatole Litvak
- Dolly Gets Ahead (1930)
- Calais-Dover (1931)
- No More Love (1931)
- Lilac (1932)
- The Song of Night (1932)
- Tell Me Tonight (1932)
- The Old Devil (1933)
- One Night's Song (1933)
- Sleeping Car (1933)
- The Crew (1935)
- Mayerling (1936)
- The Woman I Love (1937)
- Tovarich (1937)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
- The Sisters (1938)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940)
- All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
- City for Conquest (1940)
- Out of the Fog (1941)
- Blues in the Night (1941)
- This Above All (1942)
- The Nazis Strike (1943)
- Divide and Conquer (1943)
- The Battle of Russia (1943)
- The Battle of China (1944)
- War Comes to America (1945)
- The Long Night (1947)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- The Snake Pit (1948)
- Decision Before Dawn (1951)
- Act of Love (1953)
- The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
- Anastasia (1956)
- Mayerling (1957)
- The Journey (1959)
- Goodbye Again (1961)
- Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
- The Night of the Generals (1967)
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970)
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