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L'Engrenage

1919 · 58 min

A quiet, slow-moving silent melodrama of social ruin, watched with patience as its genteel characters are ground down by circumstance.

Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genres
Drama
Starring
René Cresté, Édouard Mathé, Gaston Michel
Overview
Mme de Calvières (Sylvia Lux) and her brother Roger (Édouard Mathé), due to an unpaid debt, fall into a difficult situation.

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Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genres
Drama
Starring
René Cresté, Édouard Mathé, Gaston Michel
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • family
    • betrayal
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Louis Feuillade
    Written by
    Louis Feuillade
    Starring
    René Cresté, Édouard Mathé, Gaston Michel, Fernand Herrmann, Sylvia Lux, Geneviève Félix, Louis Leubas
    Runtime
    58 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    No Language

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