La hantise

La hantise (English: The Obsession) is a 1912 short silent film directed by Louis Feuillade. The film stars Renée Carl and René Navarre. The film focuses on a woman who is told by a palm reader that one of her loved ones will die. The woman then tries to convince her husband not to board the RMS Titanic, as she fears for his safety. The film is said to confront the fraud of palm reading, highlighting the suffering that obsessive belief in the supernatural can create.[1]

La hantise
Directed byLouis Feuillade
Screenplay byLouis Feuillade
StarringRenée Carl
René Navarre
Release date
October 1912
Running time
24 minutes
CountryFrance

Cast

  • Renée Carl as Madame Trévoux
  • René Navarre as Jean Trévoux
  • Miss Édith as The Palmist
  • Henri Jullien as Madame Trévoux' Godfather
  • Maurice Mathieu as Little Georges

References

  1. "The Obsession". Fandor. Retrieved 4 November 2014.


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