| 4 Devils | |
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Janet Gaynor and Charles Morton |
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| Directed by | F. W. Murnau |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Written by | Carl Mayer |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Charles Morton Barry Norton |
| Music by | Ernö Rapée Lew Pollack |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | October 3, 1928 (silent version) June 15, 1929 (sound version) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
4 Devils (also known as Four Devils) was a 1928 American silent drama film directed by German film director F. W. Murnau and starring Janet Gaynor.
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No copies of the film are known to exist, and 4 Devils remains among the most sought after lost films of the silent era. Details about the movie can be found on the DVD for Sunrise, released by Fox as part of their 20th Century Fox Studio Classics collection.
Film historian and collector William K. Everson stated that the only surviving print was lost by actress Mary Duncan who had borrowed it from Fox Studios.[1]
The short story ("Les Quatre Diables") on which the film is based is by the Danish author Herman Bang, who was highly esteemed in Germany. The plot concerns four orphans (Janet Gaynor, Nancy Drexel, Barry Norton, and Charles Morton who become a high wire act, and centers around sinister goings-on at a circus.
4 Devils was released by Fox Film Corporation, and was produced by William Fox, who had hired Murnau to come to the United States and make film, including this one and Sunrise (1927), which had also starred Gaynor.
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