The Dream Cheater (1920)
8.0(1)1h 0mApril 4, 1920
Ernest C. Warde
Director
Honoré de Balzac, Jack Cunningham
Writers
Rate
Diary
Overview
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.
