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Flesh and the Devil (1926)

Flesh and the Devil (1926) poster featuring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

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Two lifelong friends are drawn into a rivalry neither of them saw coming.

1926 · Silent romantic drama · 1 hour 52 minutes (Wikimedia copy)

Synopsis

Young officer Leo von Harden falls for the married Felicitas, and their affair ends in a duel that sends him away. When Leo returns, he discovers that Felicitas has married his closest friend, Ulrich. The old attraction is still there, and Leo has to decide what his friendship is worth.

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Video source: Wikimedia Commons · Flesh and the Devil (1926), directed by Clarence Brown.

Meet the stars

John Gilbert
John Gilbert — Leo von Harden
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo — Felicitas
Lars Hanson
Lars Hanson — Ulrich von Eltz
Barbara Kent
Barbara Kent — Hertha
William Orlamond
William Orlamond — Uncle Kutowski
George Fawcett
George Fawcett — Pastor Voss
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer — Leo’s mother

Production credits

  • Director: Clarence Brown
  • Screenplay: Benjamin F. Glazer
  • Intertitles: Marian Ainslee
  • Cinematography: William Daniels
  • Film editing: Lloyd Nosler
  • Set design: Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope
  • Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Based on Hermann Sudermann’s novel Es war, published in English as The Undying Past.

Full credits and production history at the AFI Catalog

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