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The film is distributed in the United States in the DVD format by Image Entertainment, spread over two disks. In France, Gaumont has released a special restored edition in 4 disks. Artificial Eye in the UK has used this restoration for their release spread over three disks, which includes several Feuillade shorts. |
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Revision as of 23:12, 19 November 2008
| Les Vampires | |
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| File:Lesvampires.PNG French poster | |
| Directed by | Louis Feuillade |
| Written by | Louis Feuillade |
| Produced by | Gaumont |
| Starring | Musidora Édouard Mathé Marcel Lévesque Jean Aymé Fernand Herrmann Stacia Napierkowska |
| Cinematography | Manichoux |
| Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release date | November 13 1915 |
Running time | 399 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Les Vampires (1915) is a 10-part silent film serial. It was written and directed by Louis Feuillade and stars Musidora as "Irma Vep" a femme fatale whose name is a suspicious anagram of "vampire." The serial is set in Paris, France and follows the exploits of a gang of master criminals who call themselves "Les Vampires."
There are 10 episodes, averaging around 40 minutes each, totalling about 6 and a half hours.
The story of the 1996 movie Irma Vep features an attempt to remake Les Vampires.
Chapters
- La tête coupée (The Severed Head) 33 min. Released on 13 November 1915.
- La bague qui tue (The Killer Ring) 15 min. Released on 13 November 1915.
- Le cryptogramme rouge (The Red Cypher) 42 min. Released on 4 December 1915.
- Le spectre (The Ghost) 32 min. Released on 7 January 1916.
- L'évassion du mort (The Escaping Dead Man) 37 min. Released on 28 January 1916.
- Les yeux qui fascinent (The Hypnotic Gaze) 58 min. Released on 24 March 1916.
- Satanas (Satanas) 46 min. Released on 15 April 1916.
- Le maître de la foundre (The Thunder Lord) 55 min. Released on 12 May 1916.
- L'homme des poisons (The Poison Man) 53 min. Released on 2 June 1916.
- Les noces sanglantes (Marriage of Blood) 60 min. Released on 30 June 1916
Release
In November 1915, the walls of Paris were plastered with street posters that depicted three masked faces with an interrogation sign as a noose, and the questions "who, what when, how?". The morning newspapers printed the following poem:
Of the monless nights they are kings,
darkness is their kingdom.
Carrying death and sowing terror
the dark Vampires fly,
with great suede wings,
ready not only to do evil... but to do even worse[1]
Cast
- Édouard Mathé - Philippe Guérande
- Marcel Lévesque - Oscar Mazamette
- Musidora - Irma Vep
- Jean Aymé - Le Grand Vampire
- Fernand Herrmann - Juan-José Moréno
- Stacia Napierkowska - Marfa Koutiloff
DVD Releases
The film is distributed in the United States in the DVD format by Image Entertainment, spread over two disks. In France, Gaumont has released a special restored edition in 4 disks. Artificial Eye in the UK has used this restoration for their release spread over three disks, which includes several Feuillade shorts.
See also
External links
References
- ^ Erner Faulstich: Cien Años de Cine 1895-1924, Siglo XXI, México 2006