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The Terror of Batignolles (1931) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1931 · 15 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Starring
- Louis-Jacques Boucot, Germaine Aussey, Jean Wall
The short film is an expressionist comedy heavily inspired by German Expressionism, set in a bohemian quarter of northern Paris. Clouzot made it shortly before serving as assistant director to Anatole Litvak and E.A. Dupont, and before he began scripting French adaptations of German movies at Berlin’s UFA studios.
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