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The Torture of Silence

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Director
  
Abel Gance

Cinematography
  
Leonce-Henri Burel

Writer
  
Abel Gance

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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
France

The Torture of Silence movie poster

Language
  
SilentFrench intertitles

Release date
  
7 March 1917 (1917-03-07)

Cast
  
Emmy Lynn
(Manon Berliac),
Firmin Gémier
(Emile Berliac),
Armand Tallier
(François Rolland),
Anthony Gildès
(Jean),
Paul Vermoyal
(Jean Dormis),
Gaston Modot

Genres
  
Silent film, Drama, Black-and-white

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The Torture of Silence (French: Mater dolorosa) is a 1917 French silent drama film directed by Abel Gance.

Contents

Cast

  • Emmy Lynn as Manon Berliac
  • Firmin Gémier as Emile Berliac
  • Armand Tallier as François Rolland
  • Anthony Gildès as Jean
  • Paul Vermoyal as Jean Dormis
  • Gaston Modot
  • Antonin Carène
  • Antonin Artaud

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, the French film The Torture of Silence was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit and required a cut in reel 2 of the last scene with the nude boy with sex visible.

    References

    The Torture of Silence Wikipedia
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    The Torture of Silence IMDb The Torture of Silence themoviedb.org