La galerie des monstres

Name: La galerie des monstres
Genre: Drama
Released: 1924-09-26
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Jaque Catelain, Lois Moran, Claire Prélia

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1h 15m

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Jaque Catelain, Lois Moran, and Yvonneck in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Drama

The life of the clown Riquet and his young wife, the dancer Ralda, is threatened by the despotic owner of the circus where they work together. He wants the girl and will not hesitate to try ... Read allThe life of the clown Riquet and his young wife, the dancer Ralda, is threatened by the despotic owner of the circus where they work together. He wants the girl and will not hesitate to try to kill her when Ralda rejects him. But love is stronger than cruelty.The life of the clown Riquet and his young wife, the dancer Ralda, is threatened by the despotic owner of the circus where they work together. He wants the girl and will not hesitate to try to kill her when Ralda rejects him. But love is stronger than cruelty.

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7.0/10

101

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POPULARITY

182,469

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Director
- Jaque Catelain
Writers
- Eric Allatine(novel)
- Renzo(Spanish adaptation of titles)
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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Yvonneck in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Philippe Hériat and Jean-Paul Le Tarare in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Lois Moran in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Lili Samuel in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Lois Moran and Jean Murat in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Jaque Catelain in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Florence Martin in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Claire Prélia in La galerie des monstres (1924)

Trivia
This film was restored in 2019 by The Centre National du Cinéma, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its Film Archives department, and by Lobster Films.

Connections
Featured in Legendary Sin Cities: Paris: The Crazy Years (2005)

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7/10

melodrama in a circus

Directed and played by handsome Jaque Catelain, very close friend to Marcel L'Herbier, "la Galerie des Monstres" is a rare melodrama in a circus in Spain. It is his second direction after "le Marchand de Plaisir".

Jaque Catelain : "Showing two persons ripped from their primitive existence by their destiny, driven from town to town through the world in a traveling circus where their youth, their naïve love, unleash passions and drama ... To show the contrast between artificial movement of dizziness, of pleasure of a fair, and the pain of two defencedless young people - here is "la Galerie des Monstres" - script I wanted above all accessible to the audience - touching, human." Jaque Catelain was helped for directing by Marcel L'Herbier for his very precious artistic direction and by Calvacanti as a first assistant. "La Galerie des Monstres" is a subject close to "Freaks" by Tod Browning, but much less heartbreaking.

For silent movies lovers, it is sad to say there ain't any DVD edition.

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