The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)

Original title

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune

Directed by

Marcel L'Herbier

Genre

crime film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is attacked in her locked room, and a journalist investigates the baffling case. This French film follows the search for a culprit who seems to vanish without a trace.

mysterioussuspensefulwhimsicaltalkymethodicaldatedintriguingclassic

What happens

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (French: Le mystère de la chambre jaune) is a 1930 French mystery film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, and Léon Belières. It is based on the 1907 novel of the same title by Gaston Leroux. L'Herbier made a sequel, The Perfume of the Lady in Black, the following year. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lazare Meerson and Lucien Jaquelux. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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