The article discusses dramatic techniques that contribute to theformation of the image of the seducer in the context of a film production. Theseducer is usually a manipulator who provokes his victim and manipulatesher personal needs and desire for forbidden pleasure. Such a characteralways plays on other people's weaknesses, as he has enough information toimplement his manipulative strategies. To do this, the seducing manipulatoruses a psychological or real mask, hiding his true face and intentions behindit. The image of the seducer in films is often correlated with the image ofthe devil, since the manipulator is the personification of evil, acting for hispersonal benefit with the help of lies and pretense. However, the visualizationof the image in question is not always carried out in a classic mythologicalor religious manner, but can only be an intellectualized concept of evil. Theexternal features of the seducing character become less significant than hisbehavioral characteristics. The game element in the image of the demonicseducer is the presence of a mask and the hidden intentions of the characterwho plays a manipulative game, pursuing his selfish goals. Such character typesin most cases include scammers and swindlers, but the motive of seductioncan be also realized through the anthropomorphic incarnation of the devil onthe screen. An integral element of temptation is mystery. In fact, mystery isonly the outline of the object of desire, its ideal image, which is drawn by thefantasy of the tempted person. A mystery can be an object of seduction, but italso lies in the image of a seducing protagonist. The image of the devil, in itsturn, is portrayed in the dramatic structure of the film in a similar way, sincesuch a character has a dual nature and hides his true face under a mask, whichmakes him shrouded in mystery.