Actually, I enjoyed Crainquebille more than Feyder's famous 1921 version of Queen of Atlantis, which is also known as "L'Atlantide"..
This movie is filmed in a very odd style, the direct opposite of the intimate approach to Crainquebille.
Long shots are favored here, while the faces of the players are often deliberately obscured.
True, Stacia Napierkowska in the title role is given the deluxe treatment, but she is not in the movie all that much and she is a very evil, totally unsympathetic queen at that.
The only other players to make any impression are Marie-Louise Iribe as the slave girl, Tanit-Zerga, and Paul Franceschi in his movie debut, as the librarian.
The heroes are both duds. The landscapes steal the show.
(To enjoy the 9/10 Image DVD turn brightness to the maximum.)
This movie is filmed in a very odd style, the direct opposite of the intimate approach to Crainquebille.
Long shots are favored here, while the faces of the players are often deliberately obscured.
True, Stacia Napierkowska in the title role is given the deluxe treatment, but she is not in the movie all that much and she is a very evil, totally unsympathetic queen at that.
The only other players to make any impression are Marie-Louise Iribe as the slave girl, Tanit-Zerga, and Paul Franceschi in his movie debut, as the librarian.
The heroes are both duds. The landscapes steal the show.
(To enjoy the 9/10 Image DVD turn brightness to the maximum.)