Les Vampires / by Louis Feuillade ; produced for video by David Shepard.

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The Vampires (Les Vampires) is the name of an arch-criminal gang of brilliant and bloodthirsty Parisian thieves led by the electrifying Irma Vep. The gang's exploits include the use of kidnapping, poisonous gas, heavy artillery, sexual domination, and murder to gain physical and psychological power...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Gaumont (Firm)
Water Bearer Films (Firm)
Film Preservation Associates
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Feuillade, Louis, 1873-1925
Shepard, David
Musidora
Mathé, Edouard, 1886-1934
Levesque, Marcel, 1877-1962
Ayme, Jean
Leubas, Louis
Moriss, Frederik
Israel, Robert, 1963-
Zagury, Fabrice
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Silent film with music soundtrack; English intertitles and English notes on container.
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributer] : Water Bearer Films, 2000.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Vampires > Drama.
Thieves > Drama.
Film serials.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (399 min.) : sound, tinted & black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 13 x 19 cm)
Variant Title:
Mysterious saga, the Vampires.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
The Vampires (Les Vampires) is the name of an arch-criminal gang of brilliant and bloodthirsty Parisian thieves led by the electrifying Irma Vep. The gang's exploits include the use of kidnapping, poisonous gas, heavy artillery, sexual domination, and murder to gain physical and psychological power over Paris' elite. Each episode features the crusading journalist Phillipe Guèrande and his comical side-kick Mazamette, as they relentlessly track down the brazen and resourceful gang. Irma Vep is played by Musidora, who achieved cinema immortality in the role which may be the first 'liberated' woman portrayed on the silver screen.
Note:DVD release of the short films originally produced between 1915+16.
"Special content of this edition, artwork and summary c1998 Film Preservation Associates"--Container.
"DVD package design c2000 Image Entertainment"--Container.
"Dolby digital; stereo"--Container.
Special features include: digital stereo orchestral score; originally mastered to the correct running speed; color tinted in authentic period style; insert essay by Fabrice Zagury; two short films directed by Louis Feuillade: For the children (1916), a 3 minute comedy sketch by the cast and crew of Les vampires to raise funds for the French war orphans, and Bout-de-Zan and the shirker (1916), an 8 minute comedy that feature the child actor, Bout-de-Zan from episode 8 of Les vampires.
Also included on disc two comedy shorts directed by Louis Feuillade: For the children" (1916) and Bout-de-Zan and the shirker (1916)."
Booklet includes chapter index and essay by Fabrice Zagury entitled: 'The public is my master': Louis Feuillade and Les vampires.
Container includes credits, synopsis, and list of special features.
"ID5960WBDVD."
Accompanied by booklet containing a brief article by Fabrice Zagury and the DVD chapter index.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF4 D0008171 VideoDVD
PN1995.75 .V366 2000 VideoDVD
ISBN:9786305837145
6305837147
Credits:Photography, Manichou ; Orchestral score compiled and directed by Robert Israel.
System Details:DVD format; double-sided disc.
Cast:
Musidora, Edouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Jean Ayme, Louis Leubas, Frederik Moriss.