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The Chimes (1914)

The Chimes poster
Directed by
Herbert Blaché
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An old man struggles with poverty and despair in a grim city. He is haunted by visions of his family's future.

melancholicquietdramaticperiodslow-pacedsomberintrospectivegritty

What happens

The Chimes è un film muto del 1914 diretto da Herbert Blaché. Il soggetto, tratto dal racconto Le campane di Charles Dickens, aveva dato spunto quell'anno a un altro adattamento cinematografico, un The Chimes, prodotto dalla britannica Hepworth, scritto e diretto da Thomas Bentley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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