The film was critically destroyed and it did not perform well at the box office.
Shortly after its premiere, the film was destroyed in a fire.
The role calls for a trusting, absolutely unguarded performance, and the film would have been destroyed by anything less.
Additionally, many films were deliberately destroyed because they had little value in the era before home video.
Film historians believe that the films were destroyed during the war.
The actual film has been lost or destroyed over time, and is now unable to be viewed.
The film should have been destroyed at that point, but it hadn't been.
The dictator heard about the movie and ordered that the film was destroyed.
His film was destroyed and he received burns on his hands.
