Flesh and the Devil
“Passion ran like wine in their blood!”
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
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Cast
16 people
John Gilbert
Leo von Harden
Known for
The Big Parade
Queen Christina
Greta Garbo
Felicitas
Known for
Ninotchka
Grand Hotel
Lars Hanson
Ulrich von Eltz
Known for
The Wind
Barbara Kent
Hertha von Eltz
Known for
Lonesome
William Orlamond
Uncle Kutowski
Known for
The Wind
George Fawcett
Pastor Voss
Known for
True Heart Susie
Eugenie Besserer
Leo's Mother
Known for
The Jazz Singer
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Marc McDermott
Count von Rhaden
Known for
He Who Gets Slapped
Marcelle Corday
Minna
Known for
The Great Ziegfeld
Frankie Darro
Boy who dances with Hertha (uncredited)
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Philippe De Lacy
Leo as a boy (uncredited)
Also in
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Peter Pan
Virginia Marshall
Hertha as a girl (uncredited)
Also in
Lazybones
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Clarence Brown Director · Benjamin Glazer Screenplay Marian Ainslee Writer
Worldwide gross $658K · Budget $373K · United States release December 25, 1926
Box office
Budget
$373,000
Worldwide gross
$658,000
Gross vs. budget
1.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Denmark · December 25, 1926
Limited theatrical
United States · December 25, 1926
Theatrical
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