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Agonies

1964-01-01
6
en 61m
CrimeDrama
Angoroj (1964; Esperanto for "Agonies") was the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. (Jacques-Louis Mahé, a friend of Raymond Schwartz and under the pseudonym of 'Lorjak', had however already produced a silent Esperanto publicity film before World War II, titled Antaŭen! (Onwards!). At the start of the 1960s Mahé, a professional photographic and cinematic expert, invested in the production of the first fictional film in Esperanto. Using a scenario by Mahé himself, the actors of the Internacia Arta Teatro (International Arts Theatre) presented a crime story, set in the Parisian periphery of petty thieves and cheats. Other notable people who played parts in the film included Schwartz (the commissioner), Gaston Waringhien (the voice-over) and many from the environs of the contemporary Paris, including a very young Michel Duc-Goninaz.

Original Music Composer

René Texier

Producer

Jacques-Louis Mahé

Writer

Jacques-Louis Mahé

Scenario Writer

Jacques-Louis Mahé

Director

Jacques-Louis Mahé

Dialogue

Jacques-Louis Mahé

paris, france police police agent criminals

Status

Released

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