Agonies
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π Overview:
Angoroj (1964; Esperanto for "Agonies") was the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. (Jacques-Louis MahΓ©, 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 AntaΕen! (Onwards!). At the start of the 1960s MahΓ©, a professional photographic and cinematic expert, invested in the production of the first fictional film in Esperanto. Using a scenario by MahΓ© 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.
π Languages Available:
Esperanto
π Date Released:
1964-01-01
β Running Time:
61 mins
β Vote Average:
6.0
Beloved Cast
L'aide-commissaire
Michel Duc-Goninaz
Le commissaire
Raymond Schwartz
Narrateur
Gaston Waringhien
Irina
Jana RavΕ‘elj
Karleto
Srdjan Flego
Henriko
Marc Darnault
