L'esprit du mal

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L'esprit du mal (1954)

Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras

Drama · 1h 32m

The story of a Machiavellian plan hatched by a money-grubbing stepmother to push aside the young lover of her stepdaughter whom she wants to marry a wealthy idiot. The woman devises the most abominable machinations to achieve her ends, going as far as to try and murder her own husband. This melodrama in which evil attempts to prevail over love was adapted from the play THE SPIRIT OF EVIL by Quebec’s prolific playwright of the 40s and 50s Henri Deyglun.

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Cast

C
Camille Ducharme M. Trudeau
R
Roger Garceau Paul Martin Robert Rivard Johnny Macdonald
R
Rosanna Seaborn Virginie Trudeau
D
Denyse St-Pierre Ginette Trudeau
M
Marthe Thierry Mme MacDonald
P
Pierre Valcour Pierre Richard
É
Édouard Wooley M. MacDonald

Crew

Director
Jean-Yves Bigras
Writer
Henri Deyglun, Louis Pelland
Director of Photography
Osmond Borradaile
Original Music Composer
Jean Deslauriers
Editor
Anton Van De Water

Details

Release date
1954-02-27
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
Canada
Production
Frontier Films