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The torture of silence : a drama of startling intensity with an all star cast / Pathé presents ; [directed and written by Abel Gance].
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .T678 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Mater Dolorosa (Motion picture : 1917). English.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Secrecy--Psychological aspects--Drama.
- Secrecy.
- Spouses--Drama.
- Spouses.
- Secrecy--Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Motion pictures -- France.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Silent films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Motion pictures, French.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Phoenix, AZ : Grapevine Video, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles (originally French intertitles) and added music accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Shows a woman in torture as she tries to keep the secret about her husband's friend's love for her because of an oath she took when the man was dying. She is released from her vow to remain silent when her husband finds out on his own.
- Participant:
- Emmy Lynn, Formin Gemier, Armand Tallier, Anthony Gildes, Paul Vermoyal, Dormis Gaston Modot.
- Credits:
- Music soundtrack arranged by Lou McMahon.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of a 1917 silent motion picture.
- OCLC:
- 857504289
- Publisher Number:
- 842614104473
- Online:
- http://www.grapevinevideo.com/torture_of_silence.html
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