The Virtuous Sin

1930 film by Louis J. Gasnier, George Cukor

Movie Film Q3898517

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: film
Director: George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier^[1]^[2]
Genre: comedy drama^[6]
Publication date: October 24, 1930^[22]
Screenwriter: Lajos Zilahy^[3]
Duration: 80 min^[28]
After a work by: Lajos Zilahy^[27]
Cast member: Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Kenneth MacKenna, Jobyna Howland, Paul Cavanagh, Oscar Apfel, Gordon McLeod, Victor Potel^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Color: black-and-white^[20]
Composer: Sam Coslow^[4]
Country of origin: United States^[21]
Director of photography: David Abel^[16]
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures^[23]
Film editor: Otho Lovering^[25]
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood^[5]
Narrative location: Russian Empire^[24]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[17]
Production company: Paramount Pictures^[15]
Said to be the same as: The Night of the Decision, The Rebel^[18]^[19]
Set in period: World War I^[29]
Title: The Virtuous Sin^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

en The Virtuous Sin en Virtuous Sin hu A tábornok it Peccato virtuoso it The Virtuous Sin it Virtuous Sin ja 戦争と貞操 (1930年の映画) ru Виртуозный грех

🔖 Identifiers · 26

AllMovie title ID: v115678
AlloCiné film ID: 118877
Douban film ID: 3322221
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/30F3-FB6E-A559-50CE-40DD-2
Eiga.com movie ID: 61746
ElFilm film ID: 21490
FilmAffinity film ID: 814366
FilmVandaag ID: film/57278
Filmová databáze film ID: 137397
Filmweb.pl film ID: 34507
Freebase ID: /m/05b_z6v
Garance item ID: 10183551

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IMDb ID: tt0021525
Kinobox film ID: 181460
Kinopoisk film ID: 13052
Letterboxd film ID: the-virtuous-sin
MovieLens movie ID: 271302
MovieMeter film ID: 53908
OFDb film ID: 249374
Plex media key: 5d776a0723d5a3001f4ffa90
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/the_virtuous_sin_1930
TMDB movie ID: 186162
TheTVDB movie ID: 201990
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-virtuous-sin-1930
Trakt.tv film ID: 116645
ČSFD film ID: 1856

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Cast member 8

Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Oscar Apfel, Paul Cavanagh, Victor Potel, Kenneth MacKenna, Jobyna Howland, Gordon McLeod

Director 2

George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier

After a work by 1

Lajos Zilahy

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

Sam Coslow

Country of origin 1

United States

Director of photography 1

David Abel

Distributed by 1

Paramount Pictures

Film editor 1

Otho Lovering

Genre 1

comedy drama

Instance of 1

film

Movement 1

Pre-Code Hollywood

Narrative location 1

Russian Empire

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production company 1

Paramount Pictures

Screenwriter 1

Lajos Zilahy

Set in period 1

World War I

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — director (P57): George Cukor. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — director (P57): Louis J. Gasnier. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — screenwriter (P58): Lajos Zilahy. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — composer (P86): Sam Coslow. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — movement (P135): Pre-Code Hollywood. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — genre (P136): comedy drama. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Walter Huston. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Kay Francis. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Kenneth MacKenna. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Jobyna Howland. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Paul Cavanagh. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Oscar Apfel. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Gordon McLeod. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — cast member (P161): Victor Potel. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — production company (P272): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — director of photography (P344): David Abel. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — said to be the same as (P460): The Night of the Decision. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — said to be the same as (P460): The Rebel. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — publication date (P577): October 24, 1930. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — distributed by (P750): Paramount Pictures. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — narrative location (P840): Russian Empire. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — film editor (P1040): Otho Lovering. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — title (P1476): The Virtuous Sin. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — after a work by (P1877): Lajos Zilahy. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — duration (P2047): 80 minutes. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Virtuous Sin — set in period (P2408): World War I. wikidata.org.

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13d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 10183551

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63094: Garance ID - Films, 193X"
10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Eiga.com movie ID → 61746

"Created claim: Eiga.com movie ID: 61746, Matched to 戦争と貞操（1930） (#258721271) in Eiga.com movie #mix'"
12w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 137397

"Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 137397, batch #269268"
20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → World War I

MovieLens movie ID → 271302

Publication date → October 24, 1930

Director of photography → David Abel

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