The Devil's Holiday (French-language film)

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The Devil's Holiday
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Enzo Riccioni
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 27 March 1931 (1931-03-27)
Countries
  • France
  • United States
Language French

The Devil's Holiday (French:Les vacances du diable) is a 1931 American-French drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Marcelle Chantal, Thomy Bourdelle and Jacques Varennes. It is the French-language version of The Devil's Holiday (1930). [1] It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris by the French subsidiary of Paramount Pictures which invested heavily in multi-language versions during the early years of sound.

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  1. Gevinson p.328

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