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Entr'acte is a french film of genre Comedy directed by René Clair released in USA on 4 december 1924 with Marcel Achard

Entr'acte (1924)

Entr'acte
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Released in USA 4 december 1924
Length 22minutes
Directed by ,    
OriginFrance
Genres Comedy,    Fantasy
Rating72% 3.642963.642963.642963.642963.64296

Entr'acte is a 1924 French short film directed by René Clair, which premiered as an entr'acte for the Ballets Suédois production Relâche at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Relâche is based on a book and with settings by Francis Picabia, produced by Rolf de Maré, and with choreography by Jean Börlin. The music for both the ballet and the film was composed by Erik Satie.

Synopsis

Le film est une suite de scènes « surréalistes », comme celle de la poursuite folle d'un corbillard ou de la danseuse barbue filmée en contre-plongée.

Actors

Marcel Achard

(A man following the hearse (uncredited))
Man Ray

(Chess player, white set)
Marcel Duchamp

(Chess player, black set)
Georges Lacombe

(A man following the hearse (uncredited))
Kiki de Montparnasse
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