The Devil is a Woman (Blu-ray)

*This is NOT a comic! But I feel like silent films are the closest films can get to capturing comic arts on screen!

By Josef Von Sternberg. Published by Powerhouse Films. 

Blu-ray disc, 79 minutes, 1.37:1 aspect ratio, 1935 (2022 pressing)

Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich concluded their seven-film collaboration with The Devil Is a Woman, adapted from the novel by Pierre Louÿs. Dietrich plays Conchita, a cigarette factory girl turned femme fataleliving in Spain. Her current beau is Antonio (Cesar Romero, Donovan’s Reef), but Don Pasqualito (Lionel Atwill, Doctor X), an older man, has never stopped loving her… A fitting swansong, this beautifully realised romance won Lucien Ballard the award for Best Cinematography at the 1935 Venice Film Festival.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Introduction by Nicholas von Sternberg(2019, 9 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discusses The Devil Is a Woman
• The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935, 11 mins): Paramount Pictures promotional film featuring acclaimed costume designer and long-time Marlene Dietrich collaborator Travis Banton
• Styling the Stars (2019, 23 mins): film historian Nathalie Morris explores the costume designs of Dietrich and von Sternberg’s Hollywood films
• If It Isn’t Pain (Then It Isn’t Love) (1935, 3 mins): surviving audio from a deleted musical number
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  
  

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BBFC cert: U
REGION B
EAN: 5060697920321