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
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.
silenttenseslow-burndarkclaustrophobicbleakhistorical
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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