Silent film with music score and English intertitles. René Cresté, Edouard Mathé, Musidora, Jean Devalde, Louis Leubas, Yvette Andréyor, Olinda Mano, René Poyen, Marcel Lévesque, Gaston Michel, Yvonne Dario. Originally produced as French silent motion picture serial in 1916-17 and released in 1917. Features a newly recorded score by Robert Israel. Also included: The music of Judex, an 18 minute featurette in which Robert Israel discusses scoring Judex, based on compositions by Charles V. Alkan and others, and insert essay by film historian Jan-Christopher Horak.
Contents:
Disc 1: Prologue -- 1. The mysterious shadow -- 2. The atonement -- 3. The fantastic dog pack -- 4. The secret of the tomb -- 5. The tragic mill -- Disc 2: 6. The Liquorice Kid -- 7. The woman in black -- 8. The underground passages of the Chateau-Rouge -- 9. When the child appeared -- 10. Jacqueline's heart -- 11. The water goddess -- 12. Love's forgiveness.
Summary:
Depicts the vengeance of Judex, who sets out to destroy the wicked banker who brought about his father's downfall and suicide 20 years earlier. He succeeds but falls in love with the banker's daughter, and then must battle Diana Monti and her accomplices who kidnap the daughter as part of their scheme to get the banker's fortune.
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