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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Flesh and the Devil
"Passion ran like wine in their blood!"
1926 1h 52m EN
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7.2
SOLID
★7.2TMDB · 66
DramaRomance
Synopsis
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When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
“Passion ran like wine in their blood!”
Cast
John Gilbert
Leo von Harden
Greta Garbo
Felicitas
Lars Hanson
Ulrich von Eltz
Barbara Kent
Hertha von Eltz
William Orlamond
Uncle Kutowski
George Fawcett
Pastor Voss
Eugenie Besserer
Leo's Mother
Marc McDermott
Count von Rhaden
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Writers
- Benjamin Glazer, Marian Ainslee
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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100 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Clarence Brown, shot by William H. Daniels. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Lloyd Nosler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Passion ran like wine in their blood!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0016884 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Clarence Brown directs. William H. Daniels behind the camera. Lloyd Nosler cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $0.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2100 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Clarence Brown, shot by William H. Daniels. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Lloyd Nosler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6John Gilbert and Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Passion ran like wine in their blood!".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0016884 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 10Classified under 9 themes, including "adultery", "friendship", "brotherhood", "male friendship".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Editing
- Lloyd Nosler
- Runtime
- 112 min · 1h 52m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $373,000
- Box office
- $658,000
- Return
- 176% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
Clarence Brown
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
Key crew
- Wardrobe DesignerAndré-ani
- SettingsCedric Gibbons
- Assistant DirectorCharles Dorian
- SettingsFredric Hope
- EditorLloyd Nosler
- ProducerIrving Thalberg
- NovelHermann Sudermann
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- adultery
- friendship
- brotherhood
- male friendship
- betrayal
- duel
- silent film
- blood brother
- temptress
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1926-12-25NR
