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HerrMarcelL'Herbier,anexcellentFrenchdirectorofthesilentera,madehismostimportantworksduringthe20'softhelastcentury.Theseareastoundingsilentoeuvresinwhichthemodern,fashionableartistictendenciesthatwereinvogueinthoseearlydaysaremuchinevidence.Theseavant-gardeworkshaveremarkableart-decósettingsandarehighlyappreciatednowadaysbysilentconnoisseursfortheirmodernityandHerrL'Herbierverypersonalstyle.<br/> "LeDiableAuCoeur"(1928)is,insomeways,acompletelydifferentfilmincomparisonwiththoseavant-gardeand"modern"filmsmentionedbefore;thistimeHerrL'HerbierforgetsthosefashionableexperimentaltendenciesforthesakeofamostconventionalandrealisticsettingofalittleFrenchfishingtown.<br/> Thebeautifulmaritimebackgroundandthelittleseasidevillagewherethemaincharacterslive,conditionthelifeandtroublesofourheroine,FrauLudivineBucaille(BettyBalfour).Sheisamadcapgirlwholeadsagangofboyswhoplaycontinualchildishpranksinthesmallvillage.Sheliveswithherfatherandhertwobrothers(whoareterrorslikeherself).ShewillmaintainatroubledloverelationshipwithDelphin(HerrJaqueCatelain)until,actingontheadviceofherfatherwhoislookingoutforhisowninterests,shegetsengagedtoGastonLauderin(HerrLeoDaCosta)anoldsatyrandownerofthetowntavern.<br/> ThisHerrVoncansayalsothat"LeDiableAuCoeur"tellsaconventionallovestorythatfromtimetotimeseemsmonotonousandgivestothisGermancountafeelingof"déjàvu"butthankstoHerrL'Herbier'sskillfulartisticintentionsandtheemphasishegivestovillagelife(verycredibleatmospherewithastrongregionalflavour)andanexcellentgalleryofsupportingcharacters,thefamiliarlovestoryfloatsalongonthewatersofrealism.<br/> Thebeautifulscenerywasphotographedbyanexcellenttrio,HerrLucienBellavoine,HerrrJeanLetortundHerrLouisLeBertre,whocapturethepropermaritimebackgroundfromthebeautifulharbourtothedecadenttavern.Theartdirectionaddsimmeasurablytothefilm'seffectiveness.<br/> "LeDiableAuCoeur"isaremarkablefilm,lessavant-garde,morehumanisticthanl'Herbier'sotherworksbutjustasmemorable(asacuriosity,thisfilmwasproducedtogetherwithUFAandGaumont-British).Itdepictsthegreed,ambitionandthehumanmiseriesofmen,primalhumanfeelingsthatcanfoundinthemostavant-gardeofsettingsorinthelifeofasmalltownbythesea.<br/> Andnow,ifyou'llallowme,ImusttemporarilytakemyleavebecausethisGermanCounthasotherfishtofry.
