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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.
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
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Dec 31, 2014 · This adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale was directed by James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber. It is a silent movie, with a run time of just thirteen minutes, and offers an interesting interpretation of the story. You can find out more about The Fall of the House of Usher at A Passion For Horror.
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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 (French: La Chute de la maison Usher) is a 1928 French horror film directed by Jean Epstein, one of multiple films based on the Gothic short story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.
- Jean Epstein
Before that evolution, however, Epstein filmed this adaptation of two Edgar Allan Poe stories: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) and "The Oval Portrait" (1850). The film's significance lies not so much in its fidelity to Poe's stories as in its atmospheric evocation of the author's gothic sensibility.
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In a decaying castle surrounded by a dank, mirrored lake live the morbidly nervous Roderick Usher and his sickly twin sister, Madeline. Their tale is told and dimly comprehended by the unnamed narrator, a boyhood friend whom Roderick has summoned.
