Criterion DVD Review: Judex (1963)
Georges Franju’s remake of Feuillade’s silent serial Judex is a mysterious dream of a movie which evokes the silent era through beautiful surfaces and ephemeral […]
Review: Judex (1963)
Director: Georges Franju
Cast: Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Édith Scob, Théo Sarapo, Sylva Koscina,
Channing Pollock
Francine Bergé
Édith Scob
Théo Sarapo
Sylva Koscina
Plot: Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
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