La Leçon du gouffre (1913)
- Directed by
- Ferdinand Zecca
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A French silent short film follows a man who learns a hard lesson about greed and its consequences. The story delivers a moral warning through a straightforward dramatic situation.
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What happens
La Leçon du gouffre est un film français muet de court métrage réalisé par Ferdinand Zecca et René Leprince, sorti en 1913. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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