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Les vampires

  • 19151915
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 7h 1m
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7.3/10
4.8K
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Musidora in Les vampires (1915)
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
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An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
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  • Director
    • Louis Feuillade
  • Writer
    • Louis Feuillade
  • Stars
    • Musidora
    • Édouard Mathé
    • Marcel Lévesque
Top credits
  • Director
    • Louis Feuillade
  • Writer
    • Louis Feuillade
  • Stars
    • Musidora
    • Édouard Mathé
    • Marcel Lévesque
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Musidora
    Musidora
    • Irma Vep
    Édouard Mathé
    Édouard Mathé
    • Philippe Guérande
    Marcel Lévesque
    Marcel Lévesque
    • Oscar Mazamette
    Jean Aymé
    • Le Grand Vampire
    Fernand Herrmann
    Fernand Herrmann
    • Juan-José Moréno…
    Stacia Napierkowska
    Stacia Napierkowska
    • Marfa Koutiloff (episode II)
    Renée Carl
    Renée Carl
    • L'Andalouse
    Suzanne Delvé
    • Fleur-de-Lys
    Georgette Faraboni
    • Danseuse vampire
    Jacques Feyder
    Jacques Feyder
    • (episode V: L'évasion du mort)
    Fridolin
    Rita Herlor
    • Mrs. Simpson (episode I)
    Émile Keppens
    • Géo Baldwin
    Louise Lagrange
    Louise Lagrange
    • Jeanne Guérande
    Suzanne Le Bret
    • Hortense - servante d'Irma
    Louis Leubas
    Louis Leubas
    • Satanas…
    Maurice Luguet
    • De Villemant
    Jeanne Marie-Laurent
    • Madame Brémontier
    • Director
      • Louis Feuillade
    • Writer
      • Louis Feuillade
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Musidora was an acrobat who did all her own stunts for this film.
    • Goofs
      In the 2012 Kino Lorber remastered DVD, the English subtitles have some errors. In episode 8, "The Lord of Thunder", Satanas intends to rescue Irma Vep from a prison ship bound for Algeria. Disguised as a priest, he passes her a coded message which rearranges into "Le navire sautera". Colloquially, this means,"The ship will blow up", but the subtitle translates this as "Jump overboard"; probably a good piece of advice anyway, as he does arrange to explode the ship. Later on in the same episode, Satanas plants a bomb in Guérande's apartment, and tells the paralyzed reporter that "the house will jump in five minutes"; same mistranslation.
    • Quotes

      intertitle: [final intertitle of Episode 9] All's well that ends well, but we still haven't seen the last of the Vampires.

    • Connections
      Edited from The Vampires: The Ring That Kills (1915)

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    7/10
    The Beauty of the French Serial
    An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.

    Director Louis Feuillade is something of a legend, having directed an astonishing 630 films in the silent era (and perhaps more). He is best known for "Fantomas", the serial he made prior to "Vampires", and while the former may be marginally superior, they are both exquisite in their own way, and a great example of early thrillers.

    Indeed, it is quite impressive that a film is seven hours long and still exists one hundred years later. Given how many silent films have since been lost forever, it is incredible that Feuillade's work seems to be intact and in great shape.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 23, 1916 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Gaumont (France)
    • Languages
      • None
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Vampires
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production company
      • Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      7 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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