L'Inhumaine
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L'Inhumaine (Eng: The Inhuman Woman) is a French film directed by Marcel L'Herbier released on December 12 1924, often compared to the Russian film Aelita. It is the story of an admired female singer rejects all the advances of her suitors. A young man, crazy with love, decides to commit suicide. The film was shot in spectacular art deco futurist décors, designed by visual artist Fernand Léger, architect Robert Mallet-Stevens with additional work by Alberto Cavalcanti, Claude Autant-Lara and René Lalique. The music was written by George Antheil and Darius Milhaud .
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- Direction : Marcel L'Herbier
- Scenario : Marcel L'Herbier, avec la collaboration de Georges Specht, Alberto Cavalcanti, Fernand Léger, Claude Autant-Lara, Robert Mallet-Stevens
- Photography : Georges Specht
- Décors : Alberto Cavalcanti, Fernand Léger, Claude Autant-Lara, Robert Mallet-Stevens
- Music : Darius Milhaud
- La partition musique originelle de Darius Milhaud est perdue.
- Format : Noir et blanc - 1,37:1 - film muet
- Length : 128 minutes (2 h 08)
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Cast
- Georgette Leblanc : Claire Lescot
- Jaque Catelain : Einar Norsen
- Marcelle Pradot : l'innocente
- Philippe Hériat : le maharadjah de Nopur
- Leonid Walter de Malte : Vladimir Kranine
- Fred Kellerman : Frank Mahler
- Les Ballets Suédois.
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