The Man Who Sold His Soul

1943 film

20 September 1943 (1943-09-20)

Running time

99 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Man Who Sold His Soul (French: L'homme qui vendit son âme) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Michèle Alfa, André Luguet and Mona Goya.^[1]^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet. It is based on a 1918 novel by Pierre-Gilles Veber, previously adapted into a 1921 silent film.

Synopsis

A bank headed by Martial is about to collapse, until he is approached by the evil Grégori who offers him unlimited credit so long as he agrees to do the utmost harm in the world. Martial is ultimately freed from the grip of this diabolical character by the moral Blanche.

Cast

Michèle Alfa as Blanche
André Luguet as Le banquier Martial
Mona Goya as Colette
Robert Le Vigan as Grégori
Jean Périer as Donatien
Georges Colin as Surot
Raymond Raynal as Le médecin
Henri Charrett as Papavert
Roger Vincent as Le gérant du 'Canari'
Jean-Jacques Delbo as Armand
Marcel Talmont as Le chef salutiste
Lucien Hubert as Le portier
Hélène Dartigue as Marie
Renée Thorel as La capitaine de l'Armée du Salut
Guita Karen as Juliette
Pierre Larquey as L'abbé Lampin

References

^ Rège p.799
^ "L'Homme qui vendit son âme de Jean-Paul Paulin (1943)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2024-04-21.

Bibliography

Moraly, Yehuda. Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France. Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.