Svengali

Svengali

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1931-05-20
Duration:81 min
Director:Archie Mayo
Actors:John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Bramwell Fletcher, Carmel Myers
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Overview:

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

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