Oct 01, 1928
41 min
Full-HD

The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)

Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

Category

Drama Fantasy

Country

France

Companies

Délia Film

Alex Allin

The Clergyman

Lucien Bataille

The Officer

Genica Athanasiou

The Woman

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