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Barrabas
1919 Crime / Drama
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Director:
Louis Feuillade
Starring: Fernand Herrmann, Édouard Mathé, Gaston Michel, Georges Biscot, Blanche Montel |
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Summary
Rudolph Strelitz, alias ‘Barrabas’, is the ruthless leader of a band of underworld crooks
who wreak mayhem and misery across the civilised world. A lawyer, Claude Varèse,
is determined to bring Strelitz to book, after his father was wrongly guillotined for
the murder of Laure d’Hérigny, mistress of an American millionaire who has since
disappeared. Varèse’s sister, Françoise, is then abducted by the sadistic
Dr Lucius, one of Barrabas’ henchmen...
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Review
Louis Feuillade’s last crime serial starred Gaston Michel, who achieved overnight fame
through his role as Barrabas. Michel’s fame was to be short-lived however.
Whilst filming in Portugal on a subsequent Feuillade film, Michel ended up being carried
through the streets of Lisbon by fans, despite the torrential rain. The actor died
of pneumonia a few days later,
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