FLESH AND THE DEVIL.

The film is a romantic melodrama about two childhood friends, Leo and Ulrich, who grow up to be soldiers in Germany. Leo becomes infatuated with Felicitas, the wife of a powerful count. The count calls for a duel of honor with Leo, but insists that it be done under the false pretense that the quarrel was due to angry words exchanged between the two at a card game. Leo kills the count in the duel, but then is punished by the military, being sent away to Africa for five years.

Credits

Cast
John Gilbert, Greta Garbo
Complete catalog record
FLESH AND THE DEVIL. 1927. 9 reels. From the novel "The Undying Past" by Hermann Sudermann. Credits: Producer and director, Clarence Brown; screenplay, Benjamin F. Glazer; film editor, Lloyd Nosler. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.; 10Jan27; LP23514.

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