Louis Leubas

If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonderfully down-to-earth realism – or down-to-French-earth realism to be specific. The film itself is divided into four chapters, the titles of which suggest that this is a movie about the cultivation and consumption of wine. But as the narrative unfolds, it becomes clear that the cultivation and consumption of wine is an allegory for French culture and French land as a whole, and the real purpose of the film is to persuade the director’s fellow citizens to defend that spirit and those lands at all costs. It’s September 1918 and the war is coming to an end, but here on the Castelviel estate in the south of France the news has not yet arrived and everyone is busy with the grape harvest....

In the labratory at Villa Circe, Kistna is carrying out a mysterious task.

"Doctor, we are caught up in a terrifying mystery".

In disguise, Kistna, Gilson and Dolorés had gone to a Villa on the Riviera where they had planned to hide.

Nearly two years have passed since Jacques D'Athys and Placide left for India and the time of their return is near.

Count Fernand De Keramic plots against his niece in order to acquire her wealth to pay his debts.

When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)

silent film with Lina Cavalieri