Agonies

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Michel Duc-Goninaz

L'aide-commissaire

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Raymond Schwartz

Le commissaire

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Gaston Waringhien

Narrateur

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Jana Ravšelj

Irina

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Srdjan Flego

Karleto

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Marc Darnault

Henriko

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Atelier Mahé Jacques-Louis Mahé
Writing	Writer	Atelier Mahé Jacques-Louis Mahé
	Scenario Writer	Jacques-Louis Mahé
	Dialogue	Jacques-Louis Mahé
Sound	Original Music Composer	René Texier
Production	Producer	Jacques-Louis Mahé
Editing	Editor	Jacques-Louis Mahé
Camera	Camera Operator	Jacques-Louis Mahé
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