Jean Debucourt
Sir Roderick Usher
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The Fall of the House of Usher (French: La chute de la maison Usher) is a 1928 French horror film directed by Jean Epstein, one of several films based on the 1839 Gothic short story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
- Jean Epstein
- Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher: Directed by Jean Epstein. With Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard. Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Jean Epstein
- 1928-10-05
Oct 22, 2023 · The 1928 French silent film version of The Fall of the House of Usher departs from the original source material, focusing more on aesthetics and mood, creating a visually...
Mar 3, 2002 · The great hall in Jean Epstein's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is one of the most haunting spaces in the movies. Its floor is a vast marble expanse, interrupted here and there by an item of furniture that seems dwarfed by the surrounding emptiness. An odd staircase rises from one distant corner.
The Fall of the House of Usher is an opera composed by Peter Hammill with a libretto by Chris Judge Smith released in 1991 on Some Bizzare Records; in 1999, Hammill revised his work and released it as The Fall of the House of Usher (Deconstructed & Rebuilt). This opera has never been performed live.
- Edgar Allan Poe
- United States
- 1839
- English
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An in-depth review of the film La Chute de la maison Usher (1928), aka The Fall of the House of Usher, directed by Jean Epstein, featuring Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy.
A stranger called Allan goes to the House of Usher. He is the sole friend of Roderick Usher, who lives in the eerie house with his sick wife Madeleine. When she dies, Roderick does not accept her death, and in the dark night, Madeleine returns.
