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Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich went out with a bang in their final film together, The Devil Is a Woman, a surreal tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar (Lionel Atwill) recounts to the young Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero) the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez (Dietrich), warning his listener to gird himself against her charms. Despite his counsel, Galvan falls under Concha’s spell, leading to a violent denouement. Ever the ornate visual stylist, von Sternberg evokes Spanish culture with a touch of the luridly fantastic, further elevated by Travis Banton’s opulent costume design and award-winning cinematography by von Sternberg himself.
Original Release
04/19/1935
US Release
04/23/1935
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Marlene Dietrich | Concha Perez |
Lionel Atwill | Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar |
Edward Everett Horton | Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' |
Alison Skipworth | Senora Perez |
Cesar Romero | Antonio Galvan |
Don Alvarado | Morenito |
Tempe Pigott | Tuerta / Tuerta (as Tempe Piggott) |
Francisco Moreno | Alphonso / Alphonso (as Paco Moreno) |
Max Barwyn | Pablo |
Eumenio Blanco | Minor Role |
Directors
Writers
Pierre Louÿs, John Dos Passos, David Hertz, Oran Schee
Cast
Name | Character |
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Marlene Dietrich | Concha Perez |
Lionel Atwill | Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar |
Edward Everett Horton | Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' |
Alison Skipworth | Senora Perez |
Cesar Romero | Antonio Galvan |
Don Alvarado | Morenito |
Tempe Pigott | Tuerta / Tuerta (as Tempe Piggott) |
Francisco Moreno | Alphonso / Alphonso (as Paco Moreno) |
Max Barwyn | Pablo |
Eumenio Blanco | Minor Role |
Eddie Borden | Reveler with Balloon |
Jill Dennett | Maria |
John George | Street Beggar |
Lawrence Grant | Duel Conductor |
Hank Mann | Foreman on Snowbound Train |
Edwin Maxwell | Tobacco Plant Manager |
Kewpie Morgan | Coachman |
Stanley Price | Hospital Clerk |
Donald Reed | 'Cousin' Miguelito |
Constantine Romanoff | Man Blowing Smoke |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Emanuel Cohen | Executive Producer |
Josef von Sternberg | Producer |