Judex [dvd]/ Janus Films ; Robert de Nesle présente ; un film de Georges Franju ; d'après "Judex" de Messieurs Arthur Bernède et Louis Feuillade ; adaptation et dialogues de Jacques Champreux et Francis Lacassin ; co-production, Comptoir Français du Film Production, Filmes (Rome).
Format:
[dvd]/
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Cinéma de notre temps (Television program) Grand Méliès. Hôtel des Invalides.
Notes:
Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob, Théo Sarapo, Sylva Koscina, René Génin, Roger Fradet, André Méliès, Philippe Mareuil, Luigi Cortèse, Benjamin Boda, Jean Jacques Remy, Jean Degrave, Ketty France, André Tomasi, Bernard Charlan, Max Montavon, Marc Duchamp, Jacques Jouanneau, Michel Vitold. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Re-make of the 1916 motion picture written by Arthur Bernède and Louis Feuillade. Special features: Francine Bergé (2012 interview with the actor); Jacques Champreux (2007 interview with the cowriter); Franju le Visionnaire (50 min. documentary on the director and his films, originally broadcast on September 2, 1998, as part of the French television series Cinéma de notre temps); Le grand Méliès (1952 short, biographical film about the cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès); Hôtel des Invalides (1951 short antiwar documentary, narrated by actor Michel Simon, music by composer Maurice Jarre, images by cinematographer Marcel Fradetal).
Summary:
A mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernisms with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents.
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