The rhythm of the play is marked by unnatural rapidity.

As the words are absent which, in the drama as in life, fill the gaps between the actions, the gestures and deeds themselves can follow one another much more quickly.

Happenings which would fill an hour on the stage can hardly fill more than twenty minutes on the screen.

This heightens the feeling of vitality in the spectator.

He feels as if he were passing through life with a sharper accent which stirs his personal energies.