The Asphyx
19721h 22m720p
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
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A gentleman photographer in Victorian England searches for immortality when he tries to trap the human spirit at the moment of death.
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- Director
- Peter Newbrook
- Starring
- Robert Powell, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, Alex Scott, Ralph Arliss, Fiona Walker, Terry Scully, Tony Caunter
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