The Sorrows of Satan (1917 film)

Not to be confused with the 1926 remake by D. W. Griffith for Paramount.

The Sorrows of Satan
Directed byAlexander Butler
Written by
Produced byG.B. Samuelson
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byWalker Films
Release date
  • January 1917 (1917-01)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languages

The Sorrows of Satan is a 1917 British silent fantasy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gladys Cooper, Owen Nares and Cecil Humphreys. Made at Isleworth Studios,[1] and based on the novel of the same name, the plot involves a poverty-stricken author so depressed that he agrees to sell his soul to the Devil.[2]

The 1895 novel by Marie Corelli depicted the Devil sympathetically, a controversial choice that spurred significant sales. In the commercially successful film adaptation, Satan appears as a handsome, wealthy prince.[3]

  1. ^ Harris p.201
  2. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  3. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.