Overview

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.

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Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan

Brandon McShane

Wedgwood Nowell

Angus Burton

Alice Wilson

Mimi Gascoigne

Joseph J. Dowling

Shib Mizah

Tom Guise

Patrick Fitz-George

Fritzi Brunette

Pauline Mahon

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Mahon

Sam Sothern

Shamus McShane