Rent The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
3.5 of 5 from 67 ratings
1h 16min
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- Synopsis:
- Set against the background of Spain's Carnaval, young army officer Antonio Galvin (Cesar Romero) is warned against getting involved with the seductive and sultry Concha Perez (Marlene Dietrich), whom he has just encountered. Although Don Pasqual (Lionel Atwill), the older officer warning him, tries his best to dissuade the younger man, telling him of her gold-digging ways, his pleas fall on deaf ears as Antonio soon becomes bewitched. When, days later, he stumbles upon the couple in the street, all of Pasqual's past jealousies and hurt resurface, forcing him to confront Antonio in a final, desperate bid for Concha's love.
- Actors:
- Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Don Alvarado, Tempe Pigott, Francisco Moreno, Max Barwyn, Eumenio Blanco, Eddie Borden, Jill Dennett, Luisa Espinel, John George, Lawrence Grant, Hank Mann, Edwin Maxwell, Kewpie Morgan, Stanley Price, Donald Reed
- Directors:
- Josef Von Sternberg
- Producers:
- Josef Von Sternberg
- Writers:
- Pierre Louÿs, John Dos Passos, David Hertz
- Others:
- Lucien Ballard
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like To Be or Not to Be, Films to Watch If You Like..., Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Marlene Dietrich, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Luis Buñuel
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/08/2019
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Introductions to film by Nicholas von Sternberg, son of Josef von Sternberg
- Josef von Sternberg, a Retrospective (1969): feature-length documentary by Harry Kumel
- The Twilight o f an Angel (2012): documentary on Marlene Dietrich's final years
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935): Paramount promotional film
- If It Isn't Pain (Then It Isn't Love (1935, audio only): deleted musical number from 'The Devil Is a Woman'
- Josef von Sternberg: An Introduction (2009): lecture by von Sternberg biographer John Baxter at BFI Southbank
- The Art of Josef von Sternberg (2019): Nicholas von Sternberg discusses his father's artworks Video essay by film historian Tag Gallagher (2019)
- So Mayer, author of Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, on the queer iconography and legacy of Dietrich and von Sternberg's films (2019)
- Nathalie Morris, film historian, on the costume designs of Travis Banton (2019)
- Image galleries
- UK premieres on Blu-ray
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Reviews (1) of The Devil Is a Woman
Patchwork - The Devil Is a Woman review by CH
The last of the films which Marlene made with Von Sternberg is patchy, partly told in long flashbacks by one of the men whom she has led astray. It does not draw one in, although there are many moments in which one can relish the command of light and shadow. The previous one, The Scarlet Empress, is as preposterous but rather more beguiling.
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