Agonies (1964)
Angoroj (1964; Esperanto for "Agonies") was the first feature film to be produced entirely in Esperanto. (Jacques-Louis Mahé, a friend of Raymond Schwartz and under the pseudonym of 'Lorjak', had however already produced a silent Esperanto publicity film before World War II, titled Antaŭen! (Onwards!). 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 a very young Michel Duc-Goninaz.
Directors: Jacques-Louis Mahé, Atelier Mahé.
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Michel Duc-Goninaz as L'aide-commissaire |
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Raymond Schwartz as Le commissaire |
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Gaston Waringhien as Narrateur |
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Jana Ravšelj as Irina |
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Srdjan Flego as Karleto |
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Marc Darnault as Henriko |
| Writing | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Writer |
| Directing | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Director |
| Camera | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Scenario Writer |
| Sound | René Texier | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Producer |
| Writing | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Dialogue |
| Editing | Jacques-Louis Mahé | Editor |
| Directing | Atelier Mahé | Director |
| Writing | Atelier Mahé | Writer |
