Insomnia

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Insomnia

1963

0h 14m

6.0(5 votes)

Comedy

Horror

Overview

French pantomimist Pierre Étaix plays an insomniac who makes the mistake of trying to read himself to sleep with a book about vampires. Short film included in the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).

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4 featured cast members

Starring

Pierre Étaix

Lidia Binaghi

Gabriel Blondet

Laurence Gallimard

Creative team

Directed by: Pierre Étaix
Written by: Pierre Étaix
Jean-Claude Carrière

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