The Devil Is a Woman

Overview

In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar. However, he flirts with the mysterious Concha Perez and they schedule to meet each other later. When Antonio meets Pasqualito, his old friend discloses his frustrated relationship with the promiscuous Concha and her greedy mother and how his life was ruined by his obsession for the beautiful demimondaine. Pasqualito makes Antonio promise that he would not see Concha. However, when Antonio meets Concha, she seduces him and the long friendship between Antonio and Pasqualito is disrupted

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 3, 1935

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Spanish

Countries

United States of America

Production

Paramount,Paramount Pictures

Cast

Marlene Dietrich,Lionel Atwill,Edward Everett Horton,Alison Skipworth,Cesar Romero,Don Alvarado,Tempe Pigott,Francisco Moreno,Max Barwyn,John Georgeand 14 more

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Writer

David Hertz,Oran Schee,Pierre Louÿs,John Dos Passos

Producer

Josef von Sternberg,Emanuel Cohen

Cinematography

Lucien Ballard,Josef von Sternberg

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0026276