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Les Mystères de Paris (1922)

Les Mystères de Paris poster
Original title
Les mystères de Paris
Directed by
Charles Burguet
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man investigates the dark secrets of Parisian slums. He encounters criminals and tries to help the poor.

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What happens

The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les mystères de Paris) is a 1922 French silent serial film drama directed by Charles Burguet and starring Huguette Duflos and Georges Lannes. It is based on the novel The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue. The serial ran in twelve installments. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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