Flesh and the Devil

Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home, on leave from their military training, Leo sees the beautiful Felicitas at the railroad station...
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Flesh and the Devil



Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home, on leave from their military training, Leo sees the beautiful Felicitas at the railroad station. Awed by her beauty, they meet again at the ball and quietly leave together. In her room, her husband, about whom she has neglected to inform Leo, comes in and challenges Leo to a duel. The duel is done, the Count is killed, and Felicitas is a widow. Leo, however, is 'requested' to serve 5 years i! n Africa and he tells Ulrich to watch over Felicitas while he is gone. After 3 years, Ulrich is able to get a pardon for Leo, and all that Leo thinks about on the way home is Felicitas. When he arrives, he learns that Felicitas has married Ulrich. Felicitas likes that Ulrich is rich and she never told Ulrich the truth about Leo and her. Leo is crushed and does not visit them which saddens Ulrich as he does not know the reason why. Leo tries to stay away from her, but Felicitas uses every opportunity to tempt him to return to her as her lover. She creating a deadly triangle with the two life long friends. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>





Leo von Harden and Ulrich von Eltz have been best friends since childhood, when they even made a blood pact to stay so forever. They are currently bunk-mates - Leo on the top bunk and Ulrich on the lower - in the German military, where they have five months left to serve. Leo has gro! wn up to be the more irresponsible of the two, but Ulrich will! still d o whatever he can to cover up for Leo. Their friendship will ultimately be tested when, while the two are on furlough, Leo meets a mysterious and beautiful young woman he later learns is named Felicitas von Rhaden. Their meeting sets off a chain of events which will ultimately lead to a death and a love triangle between the three, but one of which Ulrich is unaware. Only Leo and Felicitas know the entire truth, but it will be up to Leo in particular to decide what needs to be done to solve the problem they all face in light of Felicitas' unwillingness to do anything. Thrown into the mix is Ulrich's younger sister, Herta, who has always loved Leo herself, and Pastor Voss, who has known Leo since he was a boy and who tries to be his voice of reason. Written by Huggo

Genres: Drama Romance

Release year: 1926