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''Flesh and the Devil'' was a huge hit and a milestone in the careers of both Garbo and director Clarence Brown. It was inducted into the [[National Film Registry]] in 2006.
 
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* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: Hertha is clearly besotted with Leo but he only has eyes for Felicitas.
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* [[Gold Digger]]: Felicitas.
* [[Good Looking Privates]]: Leo and Ulrich.
* [[Laser -Guided Karma]]: Leo and Ulrich have gone to an island in a lake to fight a duel over Felicitas. She runs across the ice of the frozen lake to stop them--until she falls through and drowns.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Felicitas has an attack of conscience at the end of the film. It turns out to be a bad idea.
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: Or German Southwest Africa, as the case may be.
* [[Romance On the Set]]: Gilbert and Garbo embarked on a long, torrid affair during production of this film. It shows onscreen.
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: When Leo returns he finds that Ulrich's spunky young sister Hertha has become a lovely young woman. He doesn't even recognize her at first.
* [[Smoking Is Glamorous]]: Brown gets a lot of mileage from the scene where Leo lights Felicitas's cigarette.
* [[Star -Making Role]]: This was Garbo's third film in America, and the one that made her huge.
* [[Title Drop]]: It comes from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer Book of Common Prayer].
* [[The Vamp]]: Felicitas.