''Love, Death and the Devil'' (german: Liebe, Tod und Teufel) is a 1934 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Heinz Hilpert Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich. Selected filmography Actor * '' Nameless Heroes'' (1925) * '' Prinz Louis Ferdi ...

and

Reinhart Steinbicker Reinhart Steinbicker (1904–1935) was a German screenwriter and film director.Goble p.442 Selected filmography * ''Invisible Opponent'' (1933) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933, French) * '' The Tunnel'' (1933, German) * '' The ...

and starring

Käthe von Nagy Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, better known by her stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in the German and French cinema. Early life and education Käthe von Nag ...

Albin Skoda Albin Skoda (1909–1961) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He played the lead role of Adolf Hitler in the 1955 film ''The Last Ten Days'' by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.Silberman p.243 The same year he also appeared as the composer Antonio Salieri in ...

and

Brigitte Horney Brigitte Horney (, 29 March 1911 – 27 July 1988) was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of '' Baron Münchhausen'', directed by Josef von ...

. It is based on

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

's story ''

The Bottle Imp "The Bottle Imp" is an 1891 short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson usually found in the short story collection ''Island Nights' Entertainments''. It was first published in the '' New York Herald'' (February–March 1891) and ...

''.Hull p. 67 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Otto Hunte and

Willy Schiller Willy Schiller (11 August 1899 – 17 July 1973) was a German art director.Allan & Sandford p.3 In the later part of his career he worked for DEFA, the East German state-controlled film studio. Selected filmography * ''Radio Magic'' (1927) * ''T ...

. The following year

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's French subsidiary released a French-language version of the film ''

The Devil in the Bottle ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (French: ''Le diable en bouteille'') is a 1935 French-German drama film directed by Heinz Hilpert, Reinhart Steinbicker and Raoul Ploquin. It stars Käthe von Nagy, Pierre Blanchar and Gina Manès.Goble p.736 It was ...

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* 1934 films 1930s fantasy drama films German fantasy drama films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Heinz Hilpert Films directed by Reinhart Steinbicker Films based on works by Robert Louis Stevenson Films based on short fiction Films about wish fulfillment Films set in Oceania German multilingual films UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1934 multilingual films 1934 drama films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub