Histoire d'un crime (1901)

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Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Production Co: Pathé Frères
Country: France

[@danieljatovsky3310]

This has a really early use of dissolves between scenes, an innovation in 1901.

[@alejoparedes2388]

That was brutal, truly memorable

[@TimeLapseSweden]

Fascinating

[@Aidan_B_Young]

Apparently, this film was considered so realistic that it would be paused right before the execution scene, so that women and children could leave the theatre and not have to witness it.

[@Clipgatherer]

+Aidan_B_Young. Although we didn’t witness an actual execution. It was a dummy which lost its head.