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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1928 · 63 mins
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- Directed by
- Jean Epstein
- Starring
- Abel Gance, Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Luc Dartagnan, Fournez-Goffard, Charles Lamy
Allan, a lone visitor and the only friend of the reclusive Roderick Usher, arrives at the decaying, eerie House of Usher where Roderick lives with his ailing wife Madeleine. After Madeleine dies, Roderick cannot accept her loss, and in the dead of night she inexplicably returns, intensifying the house’s unsettling atmosphere.
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