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La Main du diable ("The Devil's Hand"), also known as Carnival of Sinners, is a 1943 French horror film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay as a struggling artist who acquires a supernatural talisman. Eventually, however, there is a price to be paid.
- Maurice Tourneur, Alfred Greven (uncredited)
- Continental Films
Carnival of Sinners: Directed by Maurice Tourneur. With Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax. Roland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth.
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- Fantasy, Horror
- Maurice Tourneur
- 1947-04-07
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- 81 min
La Main du diable. Logo du film. Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution. La Main du diable est un film fantastique français réalisé par Maurice Tourneur en 1942, sorti en salle le 21 avril 1943 1, inspiré de la nouvelle de Gérard de Nerval, La Main enchantée .
- Pierre FresnayJosseline GaëlNoël Roquevert
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois
La Main du diable is one of the best-known, and most highly regarded, of French horror films, appropriately made during one of the darkest periods in the country's history, at the time of the Nazi Occupation. It was one of thirty films made by the German-run company Continental, whose raison d'être was to entertain the masses and take their ...
- Maurice Tourneur
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La main du diable. Directed by Maurice Tourneur • 1943 • France. A "helping hand" comes at a high price for a painter named Roland Brissot. Offered a bargain too good to refuse, Brissot accepts a talisman that leads to a yearlong lucky streak, in the end his luck runs out.
La main du diable is a strange and engaging tale of obsession and temptation. There's some piercing imagery—the living severed hand in the box and the masked previous owners of the hands—and the story unfolds at a fast pace.
