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My Uncle Benjamin (1924)

My Uncle Benjamin poster
Directed by
René Leprince
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent comedy follows a charming and mischievous man named Benjamin. He gets into a series of amusing adventures and romantic entanglements in 18th century France.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbreezyold-fashionedcomicalfast-paced

What happens

My Uncle Benjamin (French: Mon oncle Benjamin) is a 1924 French silent comedy film directed by René Leprince and starring Léon Mathot, Madeleine Erickson and Charles Lamy. It is based on the 1843 novel My Uncle Benjamin by Claude Tillier, later adapted again into a 1969 film of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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