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The Tenth Symphony

La dixième symphonie

1918·88 min·FR
Director: Abel Gance
Drama

Composer Enrid Damor knows nothing of the past life of his new wife Eve Dinant : she lived as a debauchee with an adventurer, Fred Ryce. Fred Ryce meets Damor's daughter, Claire, and tries to marries her. He blackmails Eve. Enric learns something about her and Fred and composes a symphony to express his pain... The Tenth Symphony is considered the first major film of the Impressionist movement.

Composer Enrid Damor knows nothing of the past life of his new wife Eve Dinant : she lived as a debauchee with an adventurer, Fred Ryce. Fred Ryce meets Damor's daughter, Claire, and tries to marries her. He blackmails Eve. Enric learns something about her and Fred and composes a symphony to express his pain... The Tenth Symphony is considered the first major film of the Impressionist movement.

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Cast

Séverin-Mars

Séverin-Mars

Composer Enric Damor

Jean Toulout

Jean Toulout

Frederic 'Fred' Ryce

Emmy Lynn

Emmy Lynn

Eve Dinant

André Lefaur

André Lefaur

Le marquis de Croix St-Blaise

E

Elizabeth Nizan

Claire Damor

A

Ariane Hugon

Dancer

Crew

Abel Gance

writer

Léonce-Henri Burel

cinematographer

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