23 December 1904 Drama 10 mins
A poor family in a rundown house where snow falls through the broken roof, there's no coal to heat the pathetic little stove, mother is sick, father sends daughter out to beg. Rejected by other beggars, the girl collapses in the snow…
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Georges Méliès as The Rag-and-Bone Man / Beggar on Crutches / Coal Seller
Rachel Gillet as Marie, the beggar girl
Détresse et charité Trailer
France 23 December 1904
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