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Historie d’un crime
(History of a Crime)
Also known as A Desperate Crime in the USA : [L’historie d’un crime]
(1906) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Georges Méliès

Cast: (unknown)

Méliès Star-Film production. / Produced by Georges Méliès. / [?] 35mm spherical format? / [?] Same film as L’histoirie d’un crime (1899)?

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [incomplete].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 26 August 2023.

References: Shipman-Cinema p. 34.