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 Epstein: regista

Production and Screenplay

Jean Epstein: produttore

Jean Epstein: sceneggiatore

Jean Epstein: scrittore

Luis Bunuel: sceneggiatore

Interpreters and Characters

Jean Debucourt(età:34)
(Sir Roderick Usher)

Marguerite Gance(età:34)
(madeleine usher)

Charles Lamy(età:71)
(allan, l'ospite)

Fournez-goffard
(dottore)

Abel Gance(età:39)

Al Ham(età:3)

Pierre Hot

Pierre Kefer

Luc Dartagnan

Technical staff

Georges Lucas: direttore della fotografia

Pierre Kefer: scenografo

Pierre Kefer: arredatore