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Ingiustamente accusato dai suoi tre soci, Paul è condannato alla reclusione nelle terribili prigioni dell'Isola del Diavolo. Per sua fortuna, l'uomo riesce ad evadere insieme ad un compagno, Marcel - uno strano individuo, un po' alchimista e un po' scienziato - che ha preparato un siero in grado di rimpicciolire le dimensioni degli esseri viventi. Una volta tornato a Parigi, il suo unico pensiero è la vendetta...
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Disc 1
DVD
The Devil-Doll (1936)
78 min
Science FictionHorror
Respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond is framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond, however, is consumed with hatred for those who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.
Credits
Director
Tod Browning
Writer
Garrett Fort
Erich von Stroheim
Guy Endore
Cast
Lionel Barrymoreas Paul Lavond
Maureen O'Sullivanas Lorraine Lavond
Frank Lawtonas Toto
Rafaela Ottianoas Malita
Robert Greigas Émile Coulvet
Lucy Beaumontas Madame Lavond
Henry B. Walthallas Marcel
Grace Fordas Lachna
Pedro de Cordobaas Charles Martin
Arthur Hohlas Victor Radin
Cinematographer
Leonard Smith
Composer
Franz Waxman
Editor
Fredrick Y. Smith
Producer
Tod Browning
E.J. Mannix
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 22, 2026