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[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 84
Released: 1920-04-04
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Studios: Robert Brunton Productions,
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.