The Burning Crucible

6.7 (15 votes)• 1923• 97m•Released

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A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on the other hand, torments himself by imagining rivals. One morning she awakens from a nightmare in which she has been pursued by a man in various guises, who turns out to be the famous Detective Z, whose memoirs she has been reading. When she and her husband quarrel over leaving Paris permanently for a country estate, he goes to the "Trouve Tout" Agency and hires, of all people, Detective Z, to win back her affection.

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Languages: No Language

Director: Ivan Mosjoukine

Starring Cast: Ivan Mosjoukine, Nathalie Lissenko, Nicolas Koline, Camille Bardou, Huguette Delacroix, Franco Zellas

Cast

Ivan Mosjoukine

Zed, le détective

Nathalie Lissenko

Elle

Nicolas Koline

Le mari

Camille Bardou

Le président du Club

Huguette Delacroix

La Grand Mère

Franco Zellas

Paul Franceschi

Jules de Spoly

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