Carnival of Sinners

Carnival of Sinners

1943 · 80 min · FR · 6.8 (54 votes)
Dir. Maurice Tourneur · Starring Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax, Pierre Palau, Pierre Larquey · Music Roger Dumas
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A struggling artist buys a talisman that gives him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a severed left hand, and it works perfectly, in fact, magically. But of course there is nothing free in this world, and after one year the devil comes and asks for his due.

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A visually arresting descent into the intoxicating allure of forbidden power. It's a haunting, dreamlike exploration of artistic ambition and the steep price of desire, wrapped in a darkly romantic, unsettling atmosphere.

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