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.

Genre:

Horror

Duration:

60 min

Actor:

J. Warren Kerrigan, Wedgwood Nowell, Alice Wilson

Quality:

HD

Director:

Ernest C. Warde

Release:

1920

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

8.0