The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) on Netflix
Roderick Usher believes an old family curse has tainted his bloodline. He wants to stop his sister Madeline from marrying Allan, who has come to the crumbling estate for her.
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Plot summary
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Allan arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
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- Luis Buñuel co-wrote the film with director Jean Epstein, his second film credit after working as an assistant director on Epstein's Mauprat, but he walked off the production after an argument with Epstein over his interpretation of the material.
- Among the changes the filmmakers made to Edgar Allan Poe's original material, the relationship between Roderick and his sister was rewritten for the film as that of man and wife.
