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Terrible Anguish (1906)

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Original title
Terrible angoisse
Directed by
Lucien Nonguet
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Runtime
5 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French silent film adaptation of a Grand Guignol stage play. It depicts a man receiving a distressing phone call, hinting at a crisis unfolding offscreen.

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What happens

Terrible angoisse est un film français réalisé par Lucien Nonguet, sorti en 1906. Il s'agit d'une adaptation de la pièce Au Téléphone d'André de Lorde, créée au Théâtre du Grand Guignol, à Paris, en 1902. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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