L'Homme qui vendit son âme au diable (The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil)[3] is a 1921 French silent film comedy directed by Pierre Caron.
The plot was similar to Faust and The Student of Prague, about a man who makes a diabolical deal with the Devil.
[5] A wealthy banker becomes depressed over financial matters and decides to commit suicide.
Mephistopheles appears to him just as he is about to end his life, and makes a sinister bargain with him to buy his soul.
After the deal is done, the banker meets a beautiful young lady and falls in love, no longer desiring to die.