Devil and the Angel
La Foire aux chimères
Release: 1946-10-30
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 5.4
Drama
The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
France Cinéma Productions
Cast
Pierre Labry
as Inspector Gardel
Georges Vitray
as Bank manager
Annette Poivre
as The substitute
Denise Benoit
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Erich von Stroheim
as Frank Davis
Louis Salou
as Furet
Jean-Jacques Delbo
as Lenoir
Claudine Dupuis
as Clara
George Cusin
Bill Bocket
as Circus employee
Line Renaud
as Cabaret singer
Madeleine Sologne
as Jeanne "Angela"
Yves Vincent
as Robert
Gustave Gallet
as Frank Davis' secretary
Howard Vernon
as Furet henchman
Yves Deniaud
as Furet's Intermediary
Dora Doll
as Lenoir's secretary
Margo Lion
as Marie-Louise
