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DVD007852

Devil Is a Woman, The

von Sternberg, Josef

The Criterion Collection, 2018

Description:

BluRay - Zone A.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
24 fps

Titles

+ Devil Is a Woman, The

Alternate Title:

La Femme et le Pantin

Director:

von Sternberg, Josef

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Running Time:

Feature.   80 minutes

Sound:

sound - monaural

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1935

Language:

English, Spanish with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Notes:

Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich went out with a bang in their final film together, The Devil Is a Woman, a surreal tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar (Lionel Atwill) recounts to the young Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero) the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez (Dietrich), warning his listener to gird himself against her charms. Despite his counsel, Galvan falls under Concha’s spell, leading to a violent denouement. Ever the ornate visual stylist, von Sternberg evokes Spanish culture with a touch of the luridly fantastic, further elevated by Travis Banton’s opulent costume design and award-winning cinematography by von Sternberg himself. New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Link to:

FII catalog | AFI catalog

+ If It Isn’t Pain [Audio Recording]

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Running Time:

Audio recording.   2 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby digital monaural

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1935

Language:

English

Genre:

Music

Notes:

When actor Marlene Dietrich and director Josef von Sternberg made The Devil Is a Woman together in 1935, Joseph Breen had recently been installed as head of the Production Code Administration, which enforced decency standards in motion pictures. Many changes were required of The Devil Is a Woman, including the removal of the song “If It Isn’t Pain.” However, a recording of the song did survive, in a promotional 78 rpm disc issued around the release of the film. Presented here is audio from that record.