- Actors: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent, William Orlamond
- Directors: Clarence Brown, Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller
- Writers: Benjamin Glazer, Bess Meredyth, Dorothy Farnum, Frederica Sagor, Hanns Kräly
- Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 2
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Turner Classic Movie
- DVD Release Date: 6 Sep 2005
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0009S4IKG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 79,049 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you know nothing of Garbo or of silent cinema other than Chaplin, you could be in for a delightfully new experience if you are prepared to accept dialogue very much of its time - the twenties. I don't see how anyone could be unaffected by the powerfully love scenes towards the start of "Flesh and the Devil". But I guess most customers will be fans of Garbo's talkies Greta Garbo Signature Collection: Anna Christie / Mata Hari / Queen Christina / Anna Karenina / Camille / Ninotchka [DVD]- in which case be prepared to meet her in a much darker variety of moods and expressions. Of course one misses her golden voice, but the silent camera's strength,for example in dwwelling on facial expressions as they change, more than compensates. I played the three films straight through on consecutive days - but I woulsn't want to shaare the experience with someone too inflexible to try to respond to unfamiliar conventions.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have seen all the great Garbo talkies and have always sensed in her performances the remoteness of a screen goddess.
But Flesh and the Devil is something different, here there is no distance. In real life Garbo and John Gilbert met and fell in love on this film, and the evidence is in the astounding love scene where they seem completely lost in each other, the most intense and tender I have ever experienced in a film. According to the commentary although acting their roles they were also doing it for real, and continued long after the scene was finished.
Felicitas (Garbo) is certainly a femme fatal, but in my opinion this is because of force of circumstances, it is a love triangle not two friends being pitted against each other by a manipulative woman.
Great production values, sympathetic direction by Clarence Brown who ultimately directed seven Garbo films, excellent photography, and finally a very good transfer to DVD of one of the finest silent films ever made.
But Flesh and the Devil is something different, here there is no distance. In real life Garbo and John Gilbert met and fell in love on this film, and the evidence is in the astounding love scene where they seem completely lost in each other, the most intense and tender I have ever experienced in a film. According to the commentary although acting their roles they were also doing it for real, and continued long after the scene was finished.
Felicitas (Garbo) is certainly a femme fatal, but in my opinion this is because of force of circumstances, it is a love triangle not two friends being pitted against each other by a manipulative woman.
Great production values, sympathetic direction by Clarence Brown who ultimately directed seven Garbo films, excellent photography, and finally a very good transfer to DVD of one of the finest silent films ever made.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This highly impressive transfer of the first really worthwhile Garbo classic is indispensable and untterly enjoyable throughout, even if TCM's obsession to put the emphasis more on the scores than on the classics themselves is, to say the least, very puzzling... Anyway, this gem is still one of the most gorgeous films ever made at MGM in the silent days, thanks to the impeccable visual intuition of the great, underrated Clarence Brown, the legendary dedication of the official star of the film, John Gilbert, and the participation of numerous actors, from Garbo herself(Guess what? She IS brilliant!)to her Swedish co-star from Gosta Berling, Lars Hanson. This is dazzling, pure, undiluted silent fare, in a beautiful print, from Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's series Thames Silents. Need I say more?
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garbo at her most stunning.
i can see what a stunning on-screen presence greta garbo had during the silent era of cinema. her beauty and her charisma must have left audiences spellbound. Read more
Published 5 months ago by jeremiah harbottle
Brilliant Greta was beautiful!!!
This was the first silent film I have seen, I am 20 yrs old and I'm a fan of Greta Garbo she was truly one of the best Actresses ever. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2006 by Ms. A. Montague
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