Les Poupées du diable (1936)
Une nuit sans lune, deux hommes s'évadent du bagne de Devil's Island. L'un d'eux est banquier et s'appelle Paul Lavond ; l'autre est un savant-fou nommé Marcel. Les deux hommes parviennent à se réfugier chez le savant qui ne tarde pas à dévoiler son invention révolutionnaire : une technique pour rétrécir les êtres vivants. Malheureusement, le processus de rapetissement endommage le cerveau des victimes mais permet ainsi de les contrôler par la pensée, comme des poupées. Lorsque Marcel décède subitement, Lavond s'empare de l'invention et, dissimulé à Paris sous les traits d'une vieille femme, fomente un plan diabolique : se venger des gens qui l'ont envoyé au bagne...
Directeur:
Tod Browning
écrivains:
Garrett Fort, Guy Endore, Erich von Stroheim.
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Lionel Barrymore as Paul Lavond |
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Maureen O'Sullivan as Lorraine Lavond |
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Frank Lawton as Toto |
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Rafaela Ottiano as Malita |
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Robert Greig as Émile Coulvet |
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Lucy Beaumont as Madame Lavond |
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Henry B. Walthall as Marcel |
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Grace Ford as Lachna |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Charles Martin |
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Arthur Hohl as Victor Radin |
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Juanita Quigley as Marguerite Coulvet |
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Claire Du Brey as Mathilde Coulvet |
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Rollo Lloyd as Inspector Maurice |
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E. Alyn Warren as Préfect of Police |
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Jean Alden as Apache Dancer (uncredited) |
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King Baggot as Detective Pierre (uncredited) |
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Egon Brecher as Detective (uncredited) |
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Robert Du Couedic as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Paul Foltz as Apache Dancer (uncredited) |
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Christian J. Frank as Detective (uncredited) |
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Billy Gilbert as Matin's Butler (uncredited) |
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Robert Graves as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Sherry Hall as Detective (uncredited) |
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Mahlon Hamilton as Detective (uncredited) |
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Sydney Jarvis as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Edward Keane as Gendarme (uncredited) |
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Gus Leonard as Eiffel Tower Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Lucas as Off-Screen Voice (voice / uncredited) |
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Eily Malyon as Laundry Supervisor (uncredited) |
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Frank Reicher as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Evelyn Selbie as Flower Woman (uncredited) |
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Nick Thompson as Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Tod Browning | Director |
| Production | Tod Browning | Producer |
| Writing | Tod Browning | Screenstory |
| Writing | Garrett Fort | Screenplay |
| Writing | Guy Endore | Screenplay |
| Writing | Erich von Stroheim | Screenplay |
| Camera | Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fredrick Y. Smith | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Writing | Abraham Merritt | Novel |
| Art | Stan Rogers | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Production | E.J. Mannix | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Harry Sharrock | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Willard Vogel | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Wayne Allen | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Clifford Vaughan | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Edward Ward | Music |
| Crew | Paul Foltz | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Val Raset | Choreographer |
