The Devil's Assistant

The Devil's Assistant

The Devil's Assistant

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The Devil's Assistant

1917

0h 58m

4.2(2 votes)

Horror

Drama

Overview

A physician enacts revenge on the woman he loves after she marries another by treating her exhaustion with maddening drugs. The film depicts her descent into madness in a red-tinted trip to hell itself.

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Acting

Margarita Fischer

Marta

Margarita Fischer

Acting

Monroe Salisbury

Dr. Lorenz

Monroe Salisbury

Acting

Kathleen Kirkham

Marion Dane

Kathleen Kirkham

Acting

Jack Mower

John Lane

Jack Mower

Acting

Joe Harris

Butler

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