Agonies (1964)
1h 1m
Running Time
January 1, 1964Release Date
Plot.
Angoroj (1964; Esperanto for "Agonies") was the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. (Jacques-Louis Mahé, a friend of Raymond Schwartz and under the pseudonym of 'Lorjak', had however already produced a silent Esperanto publicity film before World War II, titled Antaŭen! (Onwards!). At the start of the 1960s Mahé, a professional photographic and cinematic expert, invested in the production of the first fictional film in Esperanto. Using a scenario by Mahé himself, the actors of the Internacia Arta Teatro (International Arts Theatre) presented a crime story, set in the Parisian periphery of petty thieves and cheats. Other notable people who played parts in the film included Schwartz (the commissioner), Gaston Waringhien (the voice-over) and many from the environs of the contemporary Paris, including a very young Michel Duc-Goninaz.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Michel Duc-Goninaz
Actor
Raymond Schwartz
Komisaro
Jana Ravšelj
Irina
Gaston Waringhien
Rakontisto
Srdjan Flego
Karleto
Atelier Mahé
Director
Marc Darnault
Henriko
René Texier
Original Music Composer
Jacques-Louis Mahé
Director / Editor / Producer / Camera Operator / Dialogue / Writer / Scenario Writer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1964
Original NameAngoroj
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 1m
Filming LocationsParis, France
Genres
Wiki.
Angoroj (Agonies) is a 1964 film. It is the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. It was directed and produced by Jacques-Louis Mahé, a friend of Raymond Schwartz who, under the pseudonym 'Lorjak', had previously produced a silent Esperanto publicity film before World War II titled Antaŭen! (Onwards!).