Parisette (1921) - film review

Comedy / Drama

Summary

Manöela, the granddaughter of the ruined Marquis de Costabella, enters a convent to atone for the crimes of which her grandfather is accused, but she dies during the taking of the veil ceremony. In Paris, the Marquis meets a young dancer, Parisette, who is the living image of Manöela. Parisette is the niece of Cogolin, who works as a cashier in the a bank owned by Parisette’s amorous admirer, Stéfan. It transpires that when she was young, Stéfan’s wife had a secret love child...

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Credits

Director: Louis Feuillade
Script: Louis Feuillade
Photo: Maurice Champreux, Léon Morizet
Cast: Sandra Milovanoff (Parisette), Georges Biscot (Cogolin), Fernand Herrmann (Le banquier Stephan), Édouard Mathé (Pedro Alvarez), René Clair (Jean Vernier), Henri-Amédée Charpentier (Le père Lapusse), Jeanne Rollette (Mélanie Parent), Jane Grey (Mme. Stephan), Pierre de Canolle (Joseph), Bernard Derigal (Marquis de Costabella),
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 380 min, in 12 episodes; B&W; silent

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