The Seashell and the Clergyman
Oct 01 1928
•1h 41m
•Drama, Fantasy
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
The Clergyman
Lucien Bataille
The Officer
Genica Athanasiou
The Woman
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