Plot:
Roderick Usher invites his friend to his crumbling mansion in a secluded countryside. Usher is obsessed with painting a portrait of his terminally ill wife, Madeline. After her death, Usher has her interred in the family crypt. However, it is later revealed to the audience that Madeline wasn't truly dead; she was mistakenly buried alive in the tomb. Madeline awakens from her cataleptic state, emerges from her coffin, and shocks her husband by returning to life.
Directed by: Jean Epstein
Screenplay by: Luis Buñuel, Jean Epstein
Story by: Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by: Jean Epstein
Starring: Marguerite Gance, Jean Debucourt, Charles Lamy
Cinematography: Georges Lucas, Jean Lucas
Release date: 4 October 1928
Running time: 65 minutes
Country: France
Languages: Silent film
French intertitles
