Les Vampires
| Les Vampires | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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
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
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