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A despondent young man acquires a piece of shagreen (animal skin) inscribed with magical writing. It grants him every wish, but with a terrible cost: each wish causes the skin to shrink, and when it disappears, so will his life. He is trapped in a nightmare of his own desires, watching his life literally diminish.
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- Director
- Richard Ridgely
- Writer
- Honoré de Balzac
- Studio
- Edison Studios
- Released
- 13 October 1915
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 61 min
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