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            La coquille et le clergyman 
            (The Seashell and the Clergyman) 
            (1928) France 
            B&W : Short film 
            Directed by Germaine Dulac
            Cast: Alex Allin [the clergyman], Genica Athanasiou [the woman], Lucien Bataille [the officer] 
            Délia Film production. / Scenario by Antonin Artaud. Consultant, Yvonne Allendy. Assistant director, Louis Ronjat. Cinematography by Paul Parguel. Camera operator, Paul Guichard. / Premiered 9 February 1928 in Paris, France. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was banned in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Censors in 1929. / Silent film. 
            Experimental. 
            Survival status: Print exists in the Eye Film Instituut Nederland film archive. 
            Current rights holder: (unknown) 
            Listing updated: 8 January 2025. 
            References: Bardèche-History p. 238; Cowie-Seventy p. ?; Robertson-British p. 186; Sinyard-Silent p. 168 : Website-IMDb. 
            Home video: DVD. 
            
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