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Les gaz mortels

  • 1916
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
82
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Léon Mathot and Henri Maillard in Les gaz mortels (1916)

Dr. Hobson is a humanist scientist who studies snakes. He saves Maud, a young American girl, who is abused by Ted, a violent snake hunter. But when the First World War begins, Hobson is summ... Read allDr. Hobson is a humanist scientist who studies snakes. He saves Maud, a young American girl, who is abused by Ted, a violent snake hunter. But when the First World War begins, Hobson is summoned by the French army to invent deadly gases.Dr. Hobson is a humanist scientist who studies snakes. He saves Maud, a young American girl, who is abused by Ted, a violent snake hunter. But when the First World War begins, Hobson is summoned by the French army to invent deadly gases.

  • Director
    • Abel Gance
  • Writer
    • Abel Gance
  • Stars
    • Léon Mathot
    • Émile Keppens
    • Doriani
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    82
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Abel Gance
    • Writer
      • Abel Gance
    • Stars
      • Léon Mathot
      • Émile Keppens
      • Doriani
    • 2User reviews
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    Léon Mathot
    Léon Mathot
    • Mathus
    Émile Keppens
    • Edgar Ravely
    Doriani
    • Ted
    Henri Maillard
    • Hopson
    • (as Maillard)
    Jean Fleury
    • André
    Germaine Pelisse
    • Olga Ravely
    Maud Richard
    • La Fille Aux Serpents
    • Director
      • Abel Gance
    • Writer
      • Abel Gance
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    • Trivia
      The film was restored by the Cinémathèque Française from a duplicate of the original negative, but without intertitles. The film was re-edited and the intertitles were created according to the indications of Abel Gance, kept at the Cinémathèque of Toulouse.

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 1, 1916 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • The Deadly Gas
    • Filming locations
      • Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production company
      • Le Film d'Art
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 11m(71 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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