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The Dungeon

1912 · 15 min

A short, hushed early silent mystery that trades on absence and unease, leaving you with a quiet sense of something wrong in an ordinary house.}{.

Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sylvette Fillacier, Max Dhartigny, René Navarre
Overview
A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

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Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sylvette Fillacier, Max Dhartigny, René Navarre
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour0
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Starring
Sylvette Fillacier, Max Dhartigny, René Navarre, Maurice Vinot, Renée Carl, Suzanne Privat
Runtime
15 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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