Movie Details
Title: Ménilmontant
Release Date: 2 Jan 1926
Runtime: 38m
Genre: Drama
Director: Lobster Films
Production Companies: Lobster Films
Overview: A pair of sisters leave the country for the city after their parents are slaughtered in a mysterious axe murder.
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