Drama ·Horror · France · 1964 · 37m

The Pit and the Pendulum

Le Puits et le Pendule

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Director
Alexandre Astruc
Cast
Maurice Ronet as Le condamné à mort
Crew
Nicolas Hayer — Director of Photography Antoine Duhamel — Original Music Composer Alexandre Astruc — Writer Marie Thérèse Respens — Costume Design
Synopsis

A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...

Mood & Themes
prisonerinquisitiontorture chamber
Key Collaborators
Alexandre Astruc Director Nicolas Hayer Director of Photography Antoine Duhamel Original Music Composer Alexandre Astruc Writer Marie Thérèse Respens Costume Design
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