The Old Devil (French: Cette vieille canaille) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar and Alice Field. It was based on a 1931 play of the same title by Fernand Nozière. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director André Andrejew.
Synopsis
The surgeon Guillaume Vautier falls in love with the much younger fairground worker Hélène after he treats her. He tolerates her flirtations with other, younger men, in order to keep her close to him. However, when an old boyfriend Jean Trapeau turns up in her life things become more complicated.
Cast
Harry Baur as Guillaume Vautier
Pierre Blanchar as Jean Trapeau
Alice Field as Hélène
Paul Azaïs as Jacques
Christiane Dor as Suzanne
Madeleine Geoffroy as Germaine
Pierre Stéphen as Le professeur d'histoire
Madeleine Guitty as La mère d'Hélène
Ginette Leclerc as une fille détenue au commissariat
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988. Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Willoughby, Bob. The Star Makers: On Set with Hollywood's Greatest Directors. Merrell, 2003.