Underplayed Gems

The Orphan (1921)

The Orphan poster
Original title
L'Orpheline
Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Runtime
6h 26m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This is a French silent film serial from 1921 about an orphan. It follows her story across twelve episodes.

serializedmelodramaticold-fashionedepisodicsilentclassicdramaticslow-moving

What happens

L'Orpheline est un film muet français en douze épisodes réalisé par Louis Feuillade, sorti en 1921. Produit par la Société des Établissements L. Gaumont, ce film d'une durée totale de 5 h 45 est un remake du film portant le même titre que Louis Feuillade avait réalisé en 1908. Cette nouvelle version comporte douze épisodes : (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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