The Seashell and the Clergyman
Feb 09 1928
•1h 41m
•Fantasy, Drama
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
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Alex Allin
Le clergyman
Genica Athanasiou
La femme du général
Lucien Bataille
Le général
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