A group of anarchists, led by Fabrizio Lenner, raid a bank.
Pursued by the police, Lenner and his two accomplices, Raul and Sylva,
end up at a service station where the wealthy industrialist Giulio
Borsi has just arrived with his mistress. To ensure their escape,
the crooks take the couple hostage.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.