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The characters and plot convolutions of the classic silent French serial Judex are thrust into a 1960s framework in this Georges Franju concoction. Channing Pollock plays a mysterious masked avenger who kidnaps evil-banker Michel Vitold, then sets about to turn the banker's friends and loved ones against him. At first appearing to be as wicked as his captive, Pollock is actually motivated by familial love: his father had been driven to suicide by Vitold. Pollock is successful in destroying his enemy, adding spice to the program by wedding Vitold's daughter Edith Scob. In keeping with the spirit of the original serial, Pollock pops in and out of the plotline decked out in impenetrable disguises. As with his earlier horror film Eyes without a Face 1960, director Franju invests his two-dimensional material in Judex with three-dimensional characters.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob
Directors: Georges Franju
Format: Blu-ray, Widescreen
Language: French
Subtitles: French
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: June 17, 2014
Run Time: 97 minutes
Special Features
DUAL-FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 2K digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interview from 2007 with the film’s cowriter Jacques Champreux, the grandson of Louis Feuillade, cocreator of the silent serial Judex
Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé
Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Georges Franju’s career and imagination
New English subtitle translation
One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Geoffrey O’Brien, along with reprinted writings by and excerpted interviews with Franju
Cast & Crew
Channing Pollock Judex, alias Vallières, Judex/Vallieres
Francine Bergé Diana Monti, alias Marie Verdier, Jacqueline
Edith Scob Diana, Jacqueline
Michel Vitold Favraux
Jacques Jouanneau Cocantin
Théo Sarapo Morales
Sylva Koscina Daisy
Luigi Cortese Pierrot
Jean Degrave Notary, The Notary
Roger Fradet Leon
Ketty France Jeanne-Marie Bontemps
René Génin Pierre Kerjean
Philippe Mareuil Amaury de la Rochefontaine
Technical Credits
Georges Franju Director
Jacques Champreux Screenwriter
Christine Courcelles Costumes/Costume Designer
Robert de Nesle Producer
Marcel Fradetal Cinematographer
Robert Giordani Art Director
Maurice Jarre Score Composer
Francis Lacassin Screenwriter
Gilbert Natot Editor
Maguy Vernadet Makeup
Herman G. Weinberg Consultant/advisor
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