Game of Cards
Feb 20 1896
•0h 1m
•Comedy, History
Three men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
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Alphonse Winckler
Man Playing Cards, Seated in the Middle (uncredited)
Antoine Féraud
Valet
Antoine Lumière
Man Playing Cards, Seated on the Left (uncredited)
Félicien Trewey
Man Playing Cards, Seated on the Right (uncredited)
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