Angoroj
{{short description|1964 film}}
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| name = Angoroj
| image = Angoroj_Title_Screenshot.jpg
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| director = Jacques-Louis Mahé
| producer = Jacques-Louis Mahé
| writer = Atelier Mahé
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| starring = Michel Duc-Goninaz
Raymond Schwartz
Gaston Waringhien
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| released = {{Film date|1964|||France}}
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| country = France
| language =Esperanto
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Angoroj (Agonies) is a 1964 film. It is the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. It was directed and produced by Jacques-Louis Mahé,{{Cite web |title=Angoroj (1964) |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/angoroj-1964 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}} a friend of Raymond Schwartz who, under the pseudonym 'Lorjak', had previously produced a silent Esperanto publicity film before World War II titled Antaŭen! (Onwards!).
Overview
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 Michel Duc-Goninaz.{{Cite web |last=Y |first=Lindsay |date=2023-03-24 |title=Angoroj (1964) - La Unua Longdaŭra Esperanto-Filmo |url=https://videoludoj.com/angoroj-1964-la-unua-longdaura-esperanto-filmo/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Videoludoj |language=en-GB}}
Production
The film was produced from 1963 to 1964, but the market did not react favourably. Mahé, who lost a large sum of money, accused Universala Esperanto-Asocio of a boycott. At the highest point of his depression, he destroyed almost all copies: only two remain (acquired eventually by the Château de Grésillon and the British Esperanto Association, both already used) as well as the original, which LF-koop (Kooperativo de Literatura Foiro) rescued in 1991, distributing a 61-minute videotape.
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0229990|title=Angoroj}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBD3zyh55Pg Angoroj (Anxieties)] with English subtitles
Category:French crime drama films