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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.
- Prix
- 1 nomination au total
Claire Du Brey
- Mme. Coulvet
- (as Claire du Brey)
E. Alyn Warren
- Commissioner
- (as E. Allyn Warren)
Jean Alden
- Apache Dancer
- (uncredited)
King Baggot
- Detective Pierre
- (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Robert Du Couedic
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Histoire
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- AnecdotesMadame Mandilip's special dolls are costumed as members of vicious street gangs known as the Apache (pronounced ah-PAHSH), who were involved in theft, prostitution, and the occasional murder in pre-World War I Paris. The dolls even perform the Apache dance popularized by the gangs, in which extremely close steps alternate with seemingly brutal punches, kicks, hair-pulling, spins, and throws; it was usually danced to the Valse des rayons (aka Valse chaloupée) composed by Jacques Offenbach. In the 1930s and 1940s, this dance was still performed by professional dancers and can be seen in several films and even cartoons of the period.
- GaffesMarcel explains to Lavond that he can reduce the size of atoms in a body, thus shrinking objects proportionally. Atoms are elemental particles and cannot be reduced in size.
- Citations
Charles Matin: There'a a certain amusing irony in offering a man's own money for his capture. Fifty thousand francs? Why not?
- Autres versionsAlso available in a computer-colorized version.
- ConnexionsFeatured in The Late, Late Show: The Devil-Doll (1962)
- Bandes originalesValse des rayons
(uncredited)
from the ballet "Le Papillon"
Music by Jacques Offenbach
Played on a music box
Commentaire en vedette
Don't let the genre classification as "sci/fi & horror" mislead you. It's really an excellent suspense/mystery/melodrama with the superb Lionel Barrymore (Mr Potter of "It's a Wonderful Life") and a young Maureen O'Sullivan. The sci/fi & fantasy elements - a mad scientist's ability to shrink people and control their actions - are exciting plot devices that allows Barrymore to exact revenge on the men who destroyed his life and family.
Director Tod Browning ("Freaks", the original "Dracula", and many Lon Chaney films) has created a great mix of suspense, action, light humor, & heart-tugging emotions in this tale of revenge and redemption.
The efx are (mostly) ahead of their time, and as good as the later shrunken-people sci-fi movies of the 40s and 50s, such as "Dr Cyclops", "Attack of the Puppet People", and "The Incredible Shrinking Man".
But the best part is the great acting of Barrymore. He plays a desperate escaped convict, who hides by masquerading as a kindly old woman, who in turn pretends to be maker of perfectly detailed dolls. As this character that's both humorous and murderous, obsessed and befuddled, he toys with the police and his betrayers who will be the targets of his army of living dolls. It's a tour de force of acting in this beautiful film.
Director Tod Browning ("Freaks", the original "Dracula", and many Lon Chaney films) has created a great mix of suspense, action, light humor, & heart-tugging emotions in this tale of revenge and redemption.
The efx are (mostly) ahead of their time, and as good as the later shrunken-people sci-fi movies of the 40s and 50s, such as "Dr Cyclops", "Attack of the Puppet People", and "The Incredible Shrinking Man".
But the best part is the great acting of Barrymore. He plays a desperate escaped convict, who hides by masquerading as a kindly old woman, who in turn pretends to be maker of perfectly detailed dolls. As this character that's both humorous and murderous, obsessed and befuddled, he toys with the police and his betrayers who will be the targets of his army of living dolls. It's a tour de force of acting in this beautiful film.
- drseim
- 6 août 2000
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- The Devil-Doll
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- Durée1 heure 18 minutes
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