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L'Auberge rouge (1910)

L'Auberge rouge poster
Directed by
Camille de Morlhon
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A traveler shares a tale of a guesthouse where a murder was committed. The story questions guilt and justice among the people involved.

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What happens

L'Auberge rouge est un film muet français réalisé par Camille de Morlhon, sorti en 1912. Il s'agit d'une adaptation de la nouvelle L'Auberge rouge d'Honoré de Balzac, parue en 1831 dans la Revue de Paris, reprise la même année en volume chez Gosselin dans les Nouveaux contes philosophiques, puis incluse dans les Études philosophiques de La Comédie humaine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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