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Les gaz mortels
Also known as Le Brouillard sur la ville in France; I gas mortali in Italy : [Deadly Gases]
(1916) France
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Abel Gance

Cast: Léon Mathot [Mathus], Émile Keppens [Edgar Ravely], Doriani [Ted], Henri Maillard [Hopson], Jean Fleury [André], Germaine Pelisse [Olga Ravely], Maud Richard [la fille aux serpents (the girl with snakes)]

Le Film d’Art production. / Produced by Louis Nalpas. Scenario by Abel Gance. Cinematography by Léonce-Henry Burel and [?] ? Dubois. / Released 1 September 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Thriller.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 9 June 2025.

References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 525, 526, 530 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.