The Cigarette

Oct 10, 1919

0h 51m

★ 6.9

Overview

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Le Film d'art

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Cast

Denise Guérande

Andrée Brabant

Pierre Guérande

Gabriel Signoret

Maurice Herbert

Jules Raucourt

Irène de Tramont

Genevieve Williams

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The Cigarette

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