Angoroj
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| Angoroj | |
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| Directed by | Jacques-Louis Mahé |
| Written by | Atelier Mahé |
| Produced by | Jacques-Louis Mahé |
| Starring | Michel Duc-Goninaz Raymond Schwartz Gaston Waringhien |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Esperanto |
Angoroj (Agonies) is a 1964 film. It is the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. It was directed and produced by Jacques-Louis Mahé, a friend of Raymond Schwartz who, under the pseudonym 'Lorjak', had previously produced a silent Esperanto publicity film before World War II titled Antaŭen! (Onwards!).
Overview[]
At the start of the 1960s Mahé, a professional photographic and cinematic expert, invested in the production of the first fictional film in Esperanto. Using a scenario by Mahé himself, the actors of the Internacia Arta Teatro (International Arts Theatre) presented a crime story, set in the Parisian periphery of petty thieves and cheats. Other notable people who played parts in the film included Schwartz (the commissioner), Gaston Waringhien (the voice-over) and many from the environs of the contemporary Paris, including Michel Duc-Goninaz.
Production[]
The film was produced from 1963 to 1964, but the market did not react favourably. Mahé, who lost a large sum of money, accused Universala Esperanto-Asocio of a boycott. At the highest point of his depression, he destroyed almost all copies: only two remain (acquired eventually by the Château de Grésillon and the British Esperanto Association, both already used) as well as the original, which (Kooperativo de Literatura Foiro) rescued in 1991, distributing a 61-minute videotape.
See also[]
External links[]
- 1964 films
- Esperanto-language films
- French films
- Esperanto in France