The Right to Life
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A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in America, returns and wants to hasten the financier's death.
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Cast
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Paul Vermoyal
Pierre Veryal
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Sun and Shadow
Les mouettes
Léon Mathot
Jacques Alberty
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Cœur fidèle
Abel Gance
Léonce-Henri Burel
Louis Nalpas
Andrée Brabant
Andree Mael
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The Cigarette
Au Bonheur des Dames
Georges Paulais
Marc Toln
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Gervaise
Eugénie Bade
Grandmother
Lebrey
Magistrate
No other roles listed
Anthony Gildès
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It's in the Bag
The Torture of Silence
Abel Gance Director · Léonce-Henri Burel Cinematographer
First release January 5, 1917 · Produced in France · Original title Le droit à la vie
Production
Pathé Frères
Production · Distribution
France
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Languages
Original title
Le droit à la vie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · January 5, 1917
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Portugal
February 4, 1919
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