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Âmes de fous (1918)

Âmes de fous poster
Directed by
Germaine Dulac
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French silent film from 1918 divided into six episodes. It tells a story from the early cinema period. The film was believed lost for decades until six fragments were found in 2017 at a museum in the Netherlands.

silent-eraepisodicfragmentaryhistoricalserenemysteriousnostalgic

What happens

Âmes de fous est un film muet français réalisé par Germaine Dulac, sorti en 1918. Il s'agit d'un film à épisodes en six parties. Longtemps considéré comme perdu, 6 fragments du film ont été retrouvés dans les collections films de Eye Filmmuseum en 2017. C'est durant le tournage de ce film à épisodes que la réalisatrice fait la rencontre du réalisateur et critique Louis Delluc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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