4 Devils

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4 Devils
Janet Gaynor and Charles Morton in 4 Devils
Directed by	F. W. Murnau
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Janet Gaynor Charles Morton
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	3 October 1928
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
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4 Devils (also known as Four Devils) is a 1928 silent drama film directed by German film director F. W. Murnau starring Janet Gaynor. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation and was produced by William Fox, who had hired Murnau to come to the USA and make movies, including this one and Sunrise (1927).

The director and female star of Sunrise made this film about four orphans (Anders Randolf, Barry Norton, Charles Morton, and Gaynor) who become a high wire act, and the plot of the film centers around sinister goings-on at a circus.

No copies of the movie are known to exist, and 4 Devils remains among the most mourned of the lost films of the silent era. Details about the movie can be found on the DVD for Sunrise, released by 20th Century Fox as part of their 20th Century Fox Studio Classics collection.

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4 Devils at the Internet Movie Database

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Films directed by F. W. Murnau

German films: Der Knabe in Blau (1919) Prinz Kuckuck (1919) • Der Januskopf (1920) • Satanas (1920) • Sehnsucht (1920) • Der Gang in die Nacht (1920) • Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (1920) • Schloß Vogelöd (1921) • Marizza (1922) • Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) • Phantom (1922) • Der Brennende Acker (1922) • Die Austreibung (1923) • Der letzte Mann (1924) • Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (1924) • Herr Tartüff (1926) • Faust (1926) •

American films: Sunrise (1927) • Four Devils (1928) • City Girl (1930) • Tabu (1931)