Watch Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe

Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe is a documentary film that was released in 1965 in Canada with the spoken language in French. The film details the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe. This includes such things as his youth, education, career, and his eventual death and legacy. Paritcular attention is paid to his work, and the events from his life that inspired the settings and theme of his work. The film demonstrates the reason why Edgar Allen Poe was one of America's first professional novelists, and why his work is still considered to be some of the best horror fiction.