La Chute de la maison Usher
(1928)
Director:
Jean Epstein
Writer:
Luis Buñuel, Jean Epstein, Luis Buñuel, Edgar Allan Poe
Cast:
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Allan arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.