The Red Inn (1923)
1923 · Silent film · 80 min · dir. Jean Epstein
- Crime
- Drama
Synopsis
Based on the story by Honoré de Balzac. Caught in a storm, two young doctors book into an inn for the night and find themselves sharing a room with a Dutch diamond merchant. During the night Prosper steals from the merchant, but when he awakes in the morning he finds the merchant dead and his friend gone. When the stolen property is found on him he is arrested for the crime and executed. 25 years later the innkeeper's daughter relates the tale to a traveler, who in turn later relates it at a…
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Details
- Director
- Jean Epstein
- Writer
- Jean Epstein
- Cinematography
- Raoul Aubourdier
- Studio
- Memnon Films
- Released
- 1923-09-27
- Original title
- L'Auberge rouge
- Running time
- 80 minutes
Cast & crew
Jean Epstein Director
Léon Mathot- Gina Manès
- Pierre Hot
- Clairette de Savoye
Jean-David Évremond- Robert Tourneur
Thomy Bourdelle
Jacques Christiany
