Judex

film serial by Feuillade [1916]

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Judex is a 1916 French film serial directed by Louis Feuillade. Serials, also known as chapter-plays or cliff-hangers, were popular during the silent film era, requiring audiences to return for each new episode.12

Judex features a daring detective, identifiable by his sweeping black cape, who acts as a champion of justice. This character served as a prototype for many future film heroes. The success of Feuillade's serials, including Judex, was crucial in saving the French film industry from foreign competition. The film was later reimagined by Georges Franju in 1963.12

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Louis Feuillade
Judex (1916) and La Nouvelle Mission de Judex (1917–18; “The New Mission of Judex”) feature Judex, the daring detective with the sweeping black cape, a righter of wrongs who was the prototype of many future film heroes. The tremendous success of these pictures saved the…
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Judex (1916) and La Nouvelle Mission de Judex (1917–18; “The New Mission of Judex”) feature Judex, the daring detective with the sweeping black cape, a righter of wrongs who was the prototype of many future film heroes. The tremendous success of these pictures saved the…
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Feuillade’s Fantômas (1913–14) and Judex (1916) in France and the American series of the same period with Pearl White, such as The Perils of Pauline. Old serials were revived from the 1960s onward as period pieces of popular art, with their improbable plots, exaggerated acting, and old-fashioned decor appealing…
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Feuillade’s Fantômas (1913–14) and Judex (1916) in France and the American series of the same period with Pearl White, such as The Perils of Pauline. Old serials were revived from the 1960s onward as period pieces of popular art, with their improbable plots, exaggerated acting, and old-fashioned decor appealing…
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…Feuillade’s highly popular crime serial Judex (1916); also at that time she established her own film production company and directed her first film, Minne (1915), now lost.
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…Feuillade’s highly popular crime serial Judex (1916); also at that time she established her own film production company and directed her first film, Minne (1915), now lost.
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