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Riddles of the Sphinx

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Drama • Drama, UR, 01-Jan-1977

Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen’s visually accomplished and intellectually rigorous Riddles of the Sphinx is one of the most important avant-garde films to have emerged from Britain during the 1970s.

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Women
Cast
Dinah Stabb Louise
Merdel Jordine Maxine
Rhiannon Tise Anna
Clive Merrison Chris
Crew
Laura Mulvey director
Peter Wollen director

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