The Hand of the devil

the Hand of the devil is a French film carried out by Maurice Tourneur, left in 1943.

Synopsis

Roland Brissot, a poor painter, acquires for a Sou a left hand which will bring the talent and the celebrity to him. However this acquisition seals a pact with the Diable, which claims its heart in exchange.

Data sheet

Title: the Hand of the devil
Realization: Maurice Turner
Scenario: Jean-Paul Chanois, according to the poem the magic Hand of Gerard de Nerval
Production: Maurice Turner for Continental-Films
Music: Roger Dumas
Photography: Armand Thirard
Assembly: Christian Gaudin
Decorations: Andrej Andrejew
Sound: William Robert Sivel
Assistant realizer: Jean Devaivre
Country of origin: France
Format: Black and white - 1,37:1 - Mono - 35 mm
Kind: Fantastic
Lasted: 82 minutes
Coming out date: April 21st 1943

Distribution

Pierre Fresnay: Roland Brissot
Josseline Gaël: Irene
No5el Roquevert: Melissa
Guillaume de Sax: Gibelin
Palau : the small man
Pierre Larquey: Angel
Andre Gabriello: the dinor
Antoine Balpêtré: Denis
Marcelle Rexiane: Mrs Denis
Andre Varennes: the colonel
Georges Chamarat: Duval
Davy Jean: the musketeer
Jean Despeaux: the boxer

Around film

It is the assistant Jean Devaivre who had the idea to represent the hand moving in his trunk, in spite of the reserves of the scenario writer Jean-Paul Chanois. The plan is turned with the own hand of Devaivre.

External bond

Article of Frank Lafond on Devil and Cinema

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