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The Agony of the Eagles (1922)

The Agony of the Eagles poster
Original title
L'Agonie des aigles
Directed by
Julien Duvivier, Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Genre
drama film, silent film, historical film
Country
France
Runtime
2h
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent film set during the fall of Napoleon's empire. It follows the struggles of loyalists to the emperor as their world collapses.

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What happens

The Agony of the Eagles (French: L'agonie des aigles) is a 1922 French silent historical film directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps and Julien Duvivier and starring Gaby Morlay, Gilbert Dalleu and Séverin-Mars. It was remade in 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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