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Dir: Louis Feuillade

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

A cine-roman following the fates of a Portuguese nobleman, a Carmelite nun, and a mysterious lookalike.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Parisette perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

Inspector Juve is tasked to capture the infamous criminal genius Fantômas who, ruthless and particularly elusive, changes his appearance and holds Paris' high society in a crippling grasp.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

Two small girls whose father is in prison are collected by their grandfather after losing their mother in a shipwreck.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Les deux gamines perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

Is a continuation of the film series "Judex" the masked fighter for justice.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Les heures - Épisode 4: Le soir, la nuit perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

Satanas, having committed suicide in prison, Venenos becomes the head of the Vampires. He learns that Philip is engaged to be married and orders Irma Vep to take an apartment in the same building and watch the girl. Irma learns that the betrothal dinner is soon to be celebrated. Venenos is advised and tells the caterer that the dinner has been postponed one day. The Vampires impersonate the caterer and his assistants. They poison the wine, and the janitor, who has been given some, drinks it and dies. His wife rushes into the banquet just in time to save the guests, who are about to drink to Philip and the girl. The Vampires switch off the lights and escape. Philip writes in code to his fiancée and tells her to go with her mother to a villa at Chailly. Irma Vep, accompanied by her maid, lies in wait for the limousine. It arrives with a wardrobe trunk strapped upright on the running board. Irma is at work spraying the interior of the automobile with a powerful anesthetic when Normandin steps out of the trunk. The women overpower him and Irma hides in the trunk. On arrival at Chailly, Irma telephones to Venenos, and is afterward captured by Philip Guard, who is soon joined by Normandin, who has escaped from the Vampires. Venenos rescues Irma and the pair escape in an automobile and escapes as the men continue after Venenos, who jumps from a bridge to a moving train and elude Philip and Normandin.

Dir: Louis Feuillade

The creeping black assassin Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris and master of disguise, has won the first round. But the equally resourceful Inspector Juve swears to win the second.