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Agonies

1964

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.

Cast & Crew

MDMD
Michel Duc-Goninaz

as L'aide-commissaire

RSRS
Raymond Schwartz

as Le commissaire

GWGW
Gaston Waringhien

as Narrateur

JRJR
Jana Ravšelj

as Irina

SFSF
Srdjan Flego

as Karleto

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Marc Darnault

as Henriko

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
1/1/1964
Runtime
1 hours, 1 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
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ROI: N/A
Genres
Crime
Drama
Production Countries
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Spoken Languages
Esperanto (eo)
Production Companies
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