La Peau de Chagrin

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1986

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Animates Balzac's tale about a hard-living gambler who sells his soul to the devil, with narration in advanced French. Shows how, as the man's wishes are granted, his skin shrinks, and he becomes older as it becomes smaller. Uses colors symbolically: Raphael is dressed in black, Pauline in white, and the devil is deep red.

Complete Record: Animates Balzac's tale about a hard-living gambler who sells his soul to the devil, with narration in advanced French. Shows how, as the man's wishes are granted, his skin shrinks, and he becomes older as it becomes smaller. Uses colors symbolically: Raphael is dressed in black, Pauline in white, and the devil is deep red.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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