The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
La coquille et le clergyman (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 40min
- Short, Drama
- 16 Feb 1933 (Japan)
- Short
Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
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Alex Allin | ... |
The Clergyman
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Lucien Bataille | ... |
The Officer
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Genica Athanasiou | ... |
The Woman
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Directed by
| Germaine Dulac | ||
Written by
| Antonin Artaud | ... | (screenplay) |
| Germaine Dulac | ... | (visual concept by) |
Produced by
| Germaine Dulac | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Iris ter Schiphorst | ||
| Végtam Váltan | ||
Cinematography by
| Paul Parguel | ||
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| Louis Ronjat | ... | assistant director |
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| Paul Guichard | ... | camera operator |
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| Yvonne Allendy | ... | consultant |
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- Image Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- absolut MEDIEN (2007) (Germany) (DVD) (on: Germaine Dulac 1922-1928)
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Grappling with his lustful fantasies and impure thoughts about the curvy wife of an elderly general, a tormented young priest, who has taken a vow of celibacy, finds himself unable to suppress his fervent, almost morbid passion. And, hopelessly obsessed with the unattainable object of his desire, more and more, the delusional man of the cloth succumbs to his complex, feverish hallucinations. Now, there is no place to hide. Can the clergyman escape from his inner demons? Written by Nick Riganas |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The British Board of Film Censors banned this film in the UK in 1927, saying, "This film is so obscure as to have no apparent meaning. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Women Who Made the Movies (1992). See more » |