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Director:
Louis Feuillade
Writer:
Louis Feuillade (writer)
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Release Date:
13 November 1915 (France) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller | War more
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Musidora ... Irma Vep
Édouard Mathé ... Philippe Guérande
Marcel Lévesque ... Oscar Mazamette
Jean Aymé ... Le Grand Vampire
Fernand Herrmann ... Juan-José Moréno / Brichonnet
Stacia Napierkowska ... Marfa Koutiloff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edmund Breon ... Secrétaire de Satanas (as Edmond Bréon)
Renée Carl ... L'Andalouse
Suzanne Delvé ... Fleur-de-Lys
Miss Édith ... Comtesse de Kerlor
Georgette Faraboni ... Danseuse vampire
Jacques Feyder ... (episode V: L'évasion du mort)
Fridolin
Rita Herlor ... Mrs Simpson
Émile Keppens ... Géo Baldwin
Louise Lagrange ... Jeanne Guérande
Louis Leubas ... Satanas / Père Silence
Jean-François Martial
Gaston Michel ... Valet de chambre
Frederik Moriss ... Vénénos
Laurent Morléas ... Officier de la Grande Armée
René Poyen ... Eustache Mazamette
Delphine Renot ... Mère de Guérande
Germaine Rouer ... Augustine
Thalès ... Juge d'instruction
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Vampires (USA) (literal English title)
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Runtime:
USA:399 min (DVD)
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
Company:
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Musidora was an acrobat who did all her own stunts for this film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The same furniture appears in the different houses throughout the film. more
Quotes:
Le Grand Vampire: I murdered the real Dr. Nox and assumed his identity. Do not ever try to find me. I am - The Great Vampire. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Give up your search, otherwise bad luck awaits you!, 12 May 2009
8/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

Seeing a police drama that is a favorite of surrealists like Luis Bunuel ought to tell you that this isn't an episode of Law and order.

It take place in a Paris that is empty because of WWI. The dreamlike scenes add to the story of a reporter Phillipe Guerande (Edouard Mathe) who is looking to a criminal organization known as The Vampires (sorry, bloodsucking fans, it's not about Dracula or his minions.).

The crime syndicate could be considered a forerunner of the Mafia as it had it's tentacles in every level of society from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to nobility.

A classic silent film.

Louis Feuillade, who directed over 600 films is the film great grandfather of Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch. Musidora, who played Irma Vep is probably the first screen vamp.

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