The Pit and the Pendulum (1909)

Original title

Le puits et le pendule

Directed by

Henri Desfontaines

Genre

silent film

Country

France

Runtime

6 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man is trapped in a dark prison cell during the Spanish Inquisition. He faces a giant swinging blade and a deep pit.

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What happens

Le Puits et le Pendule est un film muet français réalisé par Henri Desfontaines, sorti en 1909. Il s'agit d'une adaptation du roman d'Edgar Allan Poe Le Puits et le Pendule, paru en 1842 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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