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The Sorrows of Satan is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. W. Griffith released in USA on 12 october 1926 with Adolphe Menjou

The Sorrows of Satan (1926)

The Sorrows of Satan
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Released in USA 12 october 1926
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Fantasy,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0993353.0993353.0993353.0993353.099335

The Sorrows of Satan (1926) is a silent film by D. W. Griffith based on the novel The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli. At this point in his career Griffith had given up his independent filmmaker status by joining Paramount Pictures.

A previous version of Corelli's story had been filmed in England during World War I. Reportedly Griffith did not want to do this project, but as his first Paramount assignment he was not given a choice. Remarkably, however, the film turned out to be one of Griffith's most fully realized works and its critical stock has risen considerably in the last several decades. This was Carol Dempster's final screen role.

Synopsis

Adolphe Menjou stars as Prince Lucio de Rimanez, who is in fact really Satan assuming a human form. When struggling writer Geoffrey Tempest (Ricardo Cortez) is moved to curse God for his misfortunes, Prince Lucio makes a sudden appearance, informing Tempest that he has inherited a fortune. The only proviso is that Tempest must place his fate entirely in the Prince's hands. As he ascends to the uppermost rungs of European society, Tempest is ordered by Lucio to marry Russian Princess Olga (Lya De Putti), even though the writer still loves his sweetheart Mavis Claire. Eventually, Prince Lucio reveals his true identity, but not before Olga has committed suicide. After rejecting the devil and all his false promises, Tempest lives happily ever after with Mavis.

Actors

Adolphe Menjou

(Prince Lucio de Rimanez)Ricardo Cortez

(Geoffrey Tempest)Carol Dempster

(Mavis Claire)Lya De Putti

(Princess Olga Godovsky)Ivan Lebedeff

(Amiel)
And :
Wilfred Lucas
Marcia Harris
Josephine Dunn
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