La foire aux chimères 1946

Synopsis:

The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.

Directed by: Pierre Chenal
Runtime: 107 minutes
Cast:
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
Frank Davis 
Madeleine Sologne
Madeleine Sologne
Jeanne "Angela" 
Louis Salou
Louis Salou
Furet 
Margo Lion
Margo Lion
Marie-Louise 
Yves Vincent
Yves Vincent
Robert 
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Also known as:
  • Devil and the Angel
  • Illusions