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Oaths

1931

A somber, old-fashioned romantic drama of doomed love and revolutionary peril, played with earnest theatrical gravity.

Directed by
Henri Fescourt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Madeleine Renaud, André Burgère, Marcelle Géniat
Overview
In the eighteenth century, during a revolution in Karelia, an aristocrat, Armas de Murnau, fought alongside the revolutionaries. Captured, sentenced to death, he will try everything to see the woman he loves.

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Directed by
Henri Fescourt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Madeleine Renaud, André Burgère, Marcelle Géniat
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • war
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • death
Places
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Henri Fescourt
Written by
Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
Starring
Madeleine Renaud, André Burgère, Marcelle Géniat, Gaston Dupray, Josette Day, Roger Coutant, André Marnay, Georges Floquet
Country
France
Languages
French

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