The Dream Cheater

An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Horror

Duration:

60 minutes

Year:

1920

Director:

Ernest C. Warde

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Company:

Robert Brunton Productions

Cast:
J. Warren Kerrigan

Brandon McShane

Wedgwood Nowell

Angus Burton

Alice Wilson

Mimi Gascoigne

Joseph J. Dowling

Shib Mizah

Tom Guise

Patrick Fitz-George

Crew:
Ernest C. Warde

Director

Jack Cunningham

Screenplay

Honoré de Balzac

Writer

Arthur L. Todd

Director of Photography