The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
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
- Released
- 1935-05-03
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Josef von Sternberg
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 78 votes
Cast
- Marlene Dietrich as Concha Perez
- Lionel Atwill as Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar
- Edward Everett Horton as Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
- Alison Skipworth as Senora Perez
- Cesar Romero as Antonio Galvan
- Don Alvarado as Morenito
- Tempe Pigott as Tuerta (as Tempe Piggott)
- Francisco Moreno as Alphonso (as Paco Moreno)
- Max Barwyn as Pablo (uncredited)
- John George as Street Beggar (uncredited)
- Eumenio Blanco as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Eddie Borden as Reveler with Balloon (uncredited)