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Le droit à la vie
(The Right to Live)
(1917) France
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Abel Gance

Cast: Paul Vermoyal [Pierre Veryal], Léon Mathot [Jacques Alberty], Andrée Brabant [Andree Mael], Georges Paulais [Marc Toln], Eugénie Bade [the grandmother], Lebrey [the magistrate], Anthony Gildès

Le Film d’Art production; distributed by Pathé Frères. / Produced by Louis Nalpas. Scenario by Abel Gance. Cinematography by Léonce-Henri Burel. / Released 5 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 4 November 2022.

References: Bardèche-History p. 133; Brownlow-Parade pp. 528, 529, 545 : Website-IMDb.