Judex
France • 1963
Director
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Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
Synopsis
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorGeorges Franju
CinematographerMarcel Fradetal
ComposerMaurice Jarre
EditorGilbert Natot
ProducerRobert de Nesle
Cast
Channing Pollockas Judex / Vallieres
Francine Bergéas Diana Monti / Marie Verdier
Édith Scobas Jacqueline Favraux
Théo Sarapoas Morales
Sylva Koscinaas Daisy