Le Diable au corps
1947 Romance / Drama   
 
Credits
  • Director: Claude Autant-Lara
  • Script: Raymond Radiguet, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
  • Photo: Michel Kelber
  • Music: René Cloërec
  • Cast: Micheline Presle (Marthe Grangier), Gérard Philipe (François Jaubert), Palau (Monsieur Marin), Charles Vissière (Anselme), Jacques Beauvais, Germaine Ledoyen (Madame Jaubert), Jeanne Pérez (Madame Marin), Jean Lara (Jacques Lacombe), Michel François (Rene), Maurice Lagrenée (Doctor), André Bervil (Reporter), Edmond Beauchamp (Wine steward), Denise Grey (Madame Grangier), Jean Debucourt (Monsieur Jaubert), Albert Rémy (Sacristan), Jacques Tati (Officer)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 110 min; B&W
  • Aka: Devil in the Flesh
 
 
 
Summary
Marthe Grangier, a nurse in a military hospital during the First World War, is pressurised into getting married by her parents.  She has a relationship with a much younger man, François Jaubert, but passes him over when she grows tired of his selfishness and immaturity.  Instead, she allows herself to be drawn into a loveless marriage with an officer.  Some time later, François re-enters Marthe’s life.  Now, Marthe cannot resist falling in love with François, although he hardly seems to have changed for the better...
 




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