The Sorrows of Satan (film)

The Sorrows of Satan 1926 is a silent film by D W Griffith based on the novel The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli At this point in his career Griffith had given up his independent filmmaker status by joining Paramount Pictures

A previous version of Corelli's story had been filmed in England during World War I12 Reportedly Griffith did not want to do this project, but as his first Paramount assignment he was not given a choice Remarkably, however, the film turned out to be one of Griffith's most fully realized works and its critical stock has risen considerably in the last several decades This was Carol Dempster's final screen role

1 Plot
2 Production
3 Cast
4 References
5 External links

Plotedit

Adolphe Menjou stars as Prince Lucio de Rimanez, who is in fact really Satan assuming a human form When struggling writer Geoffrey Tempest Ricardo Cortez is moved to curse God for his misfortunes, Prince Lucio makes a sudden appearance, informing Tempest that he has inherited a fortune The only proviso is that Tempest must place his fate entirely in the Prince's hands As he ascends to the uppermost rungs of European society, Tempest is ordered by Lucio to marry Russian Princess Olga Lya De Putti, even though the writer still loves his sweetheart Mavis Claire Eventually, Prince Lucio reveals his true identity, but not before Olga has committed suicide After rejecting the devil and all his false promises, Tempest lives happily ever after with Mavis

Productionedit

This movie, like The Queen of Sheba and Ben-Hur, was released in a different edit in Europe concerning nudity The American version of The Sorrows of Satan had Lya de Putti's character play a nightclub scene with enough attire to pass the censors In the European version, Griffith shot the nightclub scene with de Putti bare breasted

Castedit

Actor	Role
Adolphe Menjou	Prince Lucio de Rimanez
Ricardo Cortez	Geoffrey Tempest
Carol Dempster	Mavis Claire
Lya De Putti	Princess Olga
Ivan Lebedeff	Amiel

Referencesedit

^ the Sorrows of Satan 1917 directed by Alexander Butler; silentera database
^ The Sorrows of Satan 1926 DW Griffith; silentera database

External linksedit

The Sorrows of Satan on Internet Movie Database
The Sorrows of Satan at AllMovie
The Sorrows of Satan available for free download @ Internet Archive

v e Films directed by D W Griffith
1908–1913	Hundreds – see complete D W Griffith filmography
1914–1916	Waifs 1914 The Massacre 1914 Judith of Bethulia 1914 Battle of the Sexes 1914, lost Brute Force 1914 Home, Sweet Home 1914 The Escape 1914, lost The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' 1914 The Birth of a Nation 1915 A Day with Governor Whitman 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
1918–1919	A Liberty Bond Appeal 1918, lost Hearts of the World 1918 The Great Love 1918, lost Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal 1918, lost The World of Columbus 1919 The Greatest Thing in Life 1919, lost A Romance of Happy Valley 1919 The Girl Who Stayed at Home 1919 Broken Blossoms 1919 True Heart Susie 1919 The Fall of Babylon 1919, segment from Intolerance The Mother and the Law 1919, segment from Intolerance Scarlet Days 1919 The Greatest Question 1919
1920–1931	The Idol Dancer 1920 Remodeling Her Husband 1920 The Love Flower 1920 Way Down East 1920 Dream Street 1921 Orphans of the Storm 1921 One Exciting Night 1922 Mammy's Boy 1922, unfinished The White Rose 1923 America 1924 Isn't Life Wonderful 1924 Sally of the Sawdust 1925 That Royle Girl 1925 The Sorrows of Satan 1926 Topsy and Eva 1927, uncredited Drums of Love 1928 The Battle of the Sexes 1928 Lady of the Pavements 1929 Abraham Lincoln 1930 The Struggle 1931

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