Though judex was made in 1914, the outbreak of world war i delayed its release. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the. A delightful serial in twelve episodes with a prologue. Judex is the title of a 1916 silent french film serial concerning the adventures of judex, who is. When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks. Starring rene creste, musidora, rene poyen, gaston. Judex 1963 is a frenchlanguage crime film remake of the 1916 french film serial of the same name concerning the adventures of pulp hero judex. Predating batman by 23 years, judexs dark detective was created in response to criticism that feuillades previous serials fantomas and les. Rene creste, musidora, rene poyen, edouard mathe, gaston.
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Judex louis feuillade, 1916 with live score by mira cook on. Judex 1916 12 le pardon damour the forgiveness of love by old movie. It was finally premiered in december 1916, and subsequently in wider release in 1916 1918. The resulting film has a runtime of roughly 5 hours making it as of this point, the longest film ive seen. Judex is the title of a 1916 silent french film serial concerning the adventures of judex, who is a pulp hero, similar to the shadow, created by louis feuillade and arthur bernede. Watch eleanors catch full movie in hd visit eleanors catch is a delightful short, directed by and starring cle. Eleanors catch 1916 full movie download full hd youtube. Watch judex full movie in hd visit georges franjus judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influe.
This effortlessly cool crime caper from georges franju is a marvel of dexterous plotting and visual invention. In france in 1916, director louis feuillade established what would become the prototypical superhero narrative. Criterion releases george franjus judex a remake of a silent 1916 french serial. Judex is the title of a 1916 silent french movie serial concerning the adventures of judex, who is a pulp hero created by louis feuillade and arthur bernede. Conceived as an homage to louis feuillades 1916 cult serial of the same name, judex kicks off with the kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter and spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions, combining stylish sixties modernism with silentcinema touches.
Judex is the title of a 1916 silent french film serial concerning the adventures of judex, who is a pulp hero, similar to the shadow, created by. A twelve part serial following the adventures of the masked vigilante judex as he fights against criminals led by the corrupt banker favrauxom. He is taken by judex and his brother roger to a cliffside estate, where in the basement favraux is imprisoned in judexs superscientific laboratory. A powerhouse of a film, and a precursor to modern television series. Judex 1934 film judex 1963 film list of film serials. The basic plot involves a corrupt banker named favraux, who is the target of judexs revenge. Directed by french filmmaker georges franju, the film stars channing pollock as judex vallieres, adith scob as jacqueline, francine berg as diana and michel vitold as favraux.