The Devil’s Envoys
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The film Les Visiteurs du soir, known in English as The Devil's Envoys, is a 1942 French period drama directed by Marcel Carné. It was made during the German occupation of France when contemporary subjects were difficult to address.1
The film is a costume drama that combines spectacle with romantic passion, characterized by Carné's signature lyrical and smooth cinematography. It is noted for its fatalistic tone, typical of French cinema in the late 1930s, where characters find brief moments of happiness in a world of violence and hopelessness.1
The Devil's Envoys is distinct from the film Le Diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh), which was directed by Claude Autant-Lara and adapted from Raymond Radiguet's novel about an adolescent's affair during wartime.23
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