Barrabas (1919)
Directed by Louis Feuillade

Crime / Drama

Film Synopsis

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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Film Credits

  • Director: Louis Feuillade
  • Script: Louis Feuillade, Maurice Level
  • Cinematographer: Maurice Champreux, Georges Lafont, Léon Morizet
  • Cast: Fernand Herrmann (L'avocat Jacques Varèse), Édouard Mathé (Raoul de Nérac), Gaston Michel (Rudolph Strélitz), Georges Biscot (Biscotin), Blanche Montel (Françoise Varèse), Jeanne Rollette (Biscotine), Albert Mayer (Rougier), Lugane (Simne Delpierre), Lyne Stanka (Laure d'Herigny), Violette Jyl (Noëlle Maupré), Laurent Morléas (Laugier), Olinda Mano (La petite Odette), Edmond Bréon (Lucius), Gennaro Dini, Frédéric Mariotti, Jean-François Martial, Alice Tissot
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White / Silent
  • Runtime: 489 min

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