The Fall of the House of Usher

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The Fall of the House of Usher

As his beautiful young wife Madeleine dies slowly of some dread ailment, fevered artist Roderick Usher asks his old friend Allan to keep him company in these morbid times. Shortly after Allan arrives, Madeleine dies--or does she? As Roderick himself succumbs to the melancholy, noises from Madeleine's tomb cry out--Death is not the end! Working from several of Edgar Allen Poe's stories, French avant-garde visionary Jean Epstein crafted one of the most highly acclaimed and internationally renowned film adaptations of Poe. Assistant director was the surrealist filmmaker Luis Bunuel and starring Abel Gance's wife as the undead Madeleine, in this Gothic horror tale. Also starring: Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, and Jean Debucourt.

DVD

Newly mastered from a 35mm preservation positive, with a soundtrack by acclaimed music historian Rolande de Cande adapted from medieval music.

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Jean Epstein
66 minutes
Black & White
Released: 1928
Rated: NR

Country: France
Language: silent with English intertitles
Genre: Silent, horror

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