The Devil Is a Woman

"Kiss me .. and I'll break your heart!"

Mar 15 1935 Approved 1h 19m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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

Plot

Film told in flashbacks of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone. The backdrop is SternbergÍs surreal and fantastic Carnaval in Spain. In a café the older man details his encounters with the heart breaker that his younger friend has only just met at the parade. Forewarned, the young man swears he will avoid the fate of his friend, but rushes all the same to his evening rendezvous. A dreamlike story of frustrated, lost romance, spoken in the past tense, never really resolved.

Written by

Pierre Louÿs, John Dos Passos, David Hertz

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Cast

Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English, Español

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Trailers
Marlene Dietrich: If It Isn't Pain (Deleted number from "The Devil Is a Woman")
Scores
# of Votes
4,093
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA