A Desperate Crime (1906)
- Original title
- Les Incendiaires
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A dramatic silent film from 1906. It shows the story of a crime through staged scenes.
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What happens
A Desperate Crime (French: Les Incendiaires), also known as Histoire d'un crime, is a 1906 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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