Film

The Dream Cheater

1920 · 1h · Horror

IMDb

4.0

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.

J. Warren Kerrigan

Brandon McShane

Wedgwood Nowell

Angus Burton

Alice Wilson

Mimi Gascoigne

Joseph J. Dowling

Shib Mizah

Tom Guise

Patrick Fitz-George

Fritzi Brunette

Pauline Mahon

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Mahon

Sam Sothern

Shamus McShane

• Ernest C. WardeDirector
• Jack CunninghamScreenplay
• Honoré de BalzacWriter
• Arthur L. ToddDirector of Photography

Release date

April 4, 1920

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h

Genres

Horror