
Agonies
Crime · Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Michel Duc-Goninaz
Michel Duc-Goninaz
L'aide-commissaire
Michel Duc-Goninaz
L'aide-commissaire
Raymond Schwartz
Raymond Schwartz
Le commissaire
Raymond Schwartz
Le commissaire
Gaston Waringhien
Gaston Waringhien
Narrateur
Gaston Waringhien
Narrateur
Jana Ravšelj
Jana Ravšelj
Irina
Jana Ravšelj
Irina
Srdjan Flego
Srdjan Flego
Karleto
Srdjan Flego
Karleto
Marc Darnault
Marc Darnault
Henriko
Marc Darnault
Henriko
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