''The Devil in the Bottle'' (French: ''Le diable en bouteille'') is a 1935 French-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 ...
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 ...
,
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
Raoul Ploquin. It stars
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 ...
,
Pierre Blanchar and
Gina Manès
Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and ...
.
[Goble p.736]
It was made by the German studio
UFA
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as a
French-language remake of its 1934 film ''
Liebe, Tod und Teufel''. Both films are 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 film's sets were designed by the
art directors
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)
* ' ...
.
Cast
*
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 ...
as Kolua
*
Pierre Blanchar as Keave
*
Gina Manès
Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and ...
as Rubby
*
Paul Azaïs
Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli
* ''Le défenseur'' ( ...
as Lopaka
*
Gabriel Gabrio
Gabriel Gabrio (born Édouard Gabriel Lelièvre; 13 January 1887 – 31 October 1946) was a French stage and film actor whose career began in cinema in the silent film era of the 1920s and spanned more than two decades. Gabrio is possibly best re ...
as Mounier
*
Roger Karl
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as Le marchand
*
Marguerite de Morlaye
Marguerite de Morlaye (29 January 1870, Saint-Mandé –18 September 1957, Paris) was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Martyr'' (1927)
* '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1929)
* '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932)
* '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933)
...
as La comtesse
*
Suzy Pierson as Bertie - La femme de chambre
*
Georges Malkine as Vikhom
*
Roger Legris as Tirill
*
Daniel Mendaille
Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years.
Early life
Born Daniel Henri Elie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académie ...
as Jerry
*
Bill Bocket
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Common meanings
* Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States)
* Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature
* Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer
* Bill, a bird or animal's beak
Plac ...
as Balmez
*
Léon Roger-Maxime as Hein
*
Philippe Richard
Philippe Richard (24 June 1891 – 24 December 1973) was a French film and theater actor.
Richard was born in Saint-Étienne and began his film career in the early 1920s in silent film. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under ...
as Macco
*
Gaston Dubosc as Le comte
*
Henri Richard
Joseph Henri Richard (February 29, 1936 – March 6, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" aft ...
as Le notaire
*
Gaston Mauger as Collins
*
Henri Bosc as Le gouverneur
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1935 films
1930s fantasy drama films
French fantasy drama films
German fantasy drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Heinz Hilpert
Films directed by Raoul Ploquin
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
French multilingual films
UFA GmbH films
German black-and-white films
French black-and-white films
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