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Mater dolorosa
(Sorrowful Mother)
Also known as Desiderata in Italy; The Torture of Silence in the USA
(1917) France
B&W : [?] Five? reels / 1510 metres
Directed by Abel Gance

Cast: Emmy Lynn [Manon Berliac], Firmin-Gémier [Émile Berliac], Armand Tallier [François Rolland], Anthony Gildès [Jean], Paul Vermoyal [Dormis], Gaston Modot, Antonin Carène, Antonin Artaud

Le Film d’Art production; distributed by [?] Pathé Frères? / Produced by Louis Nalpas. Scenario by Abel Gance. Cinematography by Léonce-Henry Burel. / Released 7 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA in five reels as The Torture of Silence by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [A Gold Rooster Play] in 1917.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 March 2011.

References: Bardèche-History pp. 133, 163; Brownlow-Parade p. 529 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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