Top billed cast

1. 

   John Nesbitt

   Narrator (voice)

2. 

   Dewey Robinson

   Head Keeper (uncredited)

3. 

   Gene Roth

   Hector Chevigny (uncredited)

4. 

   Harry Wilson

   Keeper Hosing Down Patient (uncredited)

5. 

   Wolfgang Zilzer

   Dr. Philippe Pinel (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-06

The unassuming Philippe Pinel (Wolfgang Zilzer) takes up a position in charge of a prison for the mentally ill in Paris and is horrified by what he discovers. There are people, unkempt and uncared for, who have been kept in the dark, chained to walls and fed a diet of gruel, bread and water - and they have been there for decades. Rather courageously, he concludes that chains and pain have never “cured” anyone so he determines to release some of these people back into society. Now there is an understandable scepticism from the public at large as none of those freed are tracked or monitored ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• coincidence
• insane asylum
• mental patient
• compassion
• mental health