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Être ou ne pas être (1922)

Être ou ne pas être poster
Directed by
René Leprince
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French naval lieutenant in Tunisia is tricked into smoking opium by a rival. While he is incapacitated, his submarine is ordered to sea without him and hits a mine. Believed dead, he flees into the desert.

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What happens

Être ou ne pas être est un film muet français réalisé par René Leprince, sorti en 1922. Le lieutenant de Kérouec commande un sous-marin basé à Bizerte en Tunisie. Un ami qui convoite sa femme lui fait fumer de l'opium, et il n'est pas présent lorsqu'un ordre arrive pour faire prendre la mer à son sous-marin, qui saute sur une mine, commandé par son officier en second. Tout le monde le croit mort, et il fuit dans le désert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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