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Le brasier ardent (1923)

Also known as The Burning Crucible

1923 · Silent film · 97 min · dir. Ivan Mosjoukine

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Mystery

Synopsis

A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on the other hand, torments himself by imagining rivals. One morning she awakens from a nightmare in which she has been pursued by a man in various guises, who turns out to be the famous Detective Z, whose memoirs she has been reading. When she and her husband quarrel over leaving Paris permanently…

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Details

Director
Ivan Mosjoukine
Writer
Ivan Mosjoukine
Cinematography
Nikolai Toporkoff
Released
1923-08-04
Original title
Le Brasier ardent
Running time
97 minutes

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