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Veteran French film director ABEL GANCE
has died in Paris, aged 52.
HU wak regarded ak one of the great
names of the silent screen era. His
epic Napoleon received great critical
acclaim when it was revived at last
year's London film festival.
Gance made his first film, The Mask of
Horror, in 1912 and Napoleon in 1926.
His last work for the cinema was
Austerlitz, made in 1960. He also
produced several films for television.
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