Fiore Davanzati

Le chef d'une bande criminelle qui a transformé sa maison en fumerie d'opium, fait accuser un toxicomane de meurtre. Cependant, la soeur du jeune homme tente de le disculper, avec l'aide de Za-la-Mort, le sympathique chef d'une bande d'escrocs.

Enrico Bottini et Garrone, son ancien camarade de l'école primaire, se rencontrent sur le front de la Première Guerre mondiale. Enrico Bottini, connu comme mythe de la patrie, se rend compte de l'absurdité de la guerre.

The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.