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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Original title: la chute de la maison usher
Production: France, USA|63 min| black and white| mute
Dramatic, Horror
Poster of movie The Fall of the House of Usher
allan visits the sinister usher family mansion, where his friend roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife madeline. the portrait seems to be draining the life out of madeline, slowly leading to her death.

Origin of the subject

dal libro: The Fall of the House of Usher (1839, Edgar Allan Poe)

Direction

Jean EpsteinJean Epstein: regista

Production and Screenplay

Jean EpsteinJean Epstein: produttore
Jean EpsteinJean Epstein: sceneggiatore
Jean EpsteinJean Epstein: scrittore
Luis BunuelLuis Bunuel: sceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

sir roderick usher
Jean DebucourtJean Debucourt(età:34)
madeleine usher
Marguerite Gance(età:34)
allan, l'ospite
Charles Lamy(età:71)
...
Abel GanceAbel Gance(età:39)
...
Al Ham(età:3)

Technical staff

Georges Lucas: direttore della fotografia
Pierre Kefer: scenografo
Pierre Kefer: arredatore
Jean Lucas: direttore della fotografia