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 |  La coquille et le clergyman
 (The Seashell and the Clergyman)
 (1928) France
 B&W : Short film
 Directed by Germaine Dulac
 Cast: Alex Allin [the clergyman], Genica Athanasiou [the woman], Lucien Bataille [the officer] Délia Film production. / Scenario by Antonin Artaud. Consultant, Yvonne Allendy. Assistant director, Louis Ronjat. Cinematography by Paul Parguel. Camera operator, Paul Guichard. / Premiered 9 February 1928 in Paris, France. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Censors in 1929. / Silent film. Experimental. Survival status: Print exists in the Eye Film Instituut Nederland film archive. Current rights holder: (unknown) Listing updated: 8 January 2025. References: Bardèche-History p. 238; Cowie-Seventy p. ?; Robertson-British p. 186; Sinyard-Silent p. 168 : Website-IMDb. Home video: DVD. |