---
title: 'The Masks of the Devil (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Sjöström'
released: '1928-11-17'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-masks-of-the-devil-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019150/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Masks of the Devil (1928)

1928 · 80 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Masks of the Devil is a lost 1928 American drama synchronized sound film directed by Victor Sjöström and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings, Svend Gade, and Frances Marion. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film stars John Gilbert, Alma Rubens, Theodore Roberts, Frank Reicher, and Eva von Berne. The film was released on November 17, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Victor Sjöström](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-sjostrom)
- **Screenplay:** [Jakob Wassermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-wassermann), [Frances Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marion), [Svend Gade](https://cinepixo.com/people/svend-gade)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver T. Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-t-marsh)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Ralph Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-forbes)
- [Alma Rubens](https://cinepixo.com/people/alma-rubens)
- [Polly Ann Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/polly-ann-young)
- [Ethel Wales](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-wales)
- [Theodore Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-roberts)
- [Frank Reicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-reicher)
- [John Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gilbert-3)

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