Les vampires (1915)
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- Not Rated
- 7h 1min
- Action, Adventure
- 23 Nov 1916 (USA)
- Movie
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Musidora | ... |
Irma Vep
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| Édouard Mathé | ... |
Philippe Guérande
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| Marcel Lévesque | ... |
Oscar Mazamette
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Jean Aymé | ... |
Le Grand Vampire
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| Fernand Herrmann | ... |
Juan-José Moréno / Brichonnet
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| Stacia Napierkowska | ... |
Marfa Koutiloff (episode II)
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| Renée Carl | ... |
L'Andalouse
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Suzanne Delvé | ... |
Fleur-de-Lys
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Georgette Faraboni | ... |
Danseuse vampire
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| Jacques Feyder | ... |
(episode V: L'évasion du mort)
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Fridolin |
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Rita Herlor | ... |
Mrs. Simpson (episode I)
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Émile Keppens | ... |
Géo Baldwin
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| Louise Lagrange | ... |
Jeanne Guérande
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Suzanne Le Bret | ... |
Hortense - servante d'Irma
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| Louis Leubas | ... |
Satanas / Père Silence
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Maurice Luguet | ... |
De Villemant
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Jeanne Marie-Laurent | ... |
Madame Brémontier
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Jean-François Martial |
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| Paula Maxa | ... |
Laure - servante de Moréno
(as Mademoiselle Maxa)
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| Gaston Michel | ... |
Benjamin - valet de chambre de Mazamette
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Frédéric Moriss | ... |
Vénénos
(as Frederik Moriss)
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Laurent Morléas | ... |
Officier de la Grande Armée
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| René Poyen | ... |
Eustache Mazamette
(as Bout-de-Zan)
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| Françoise Rosay | ... |
Une invitée chez Mortesaigues
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Germaine Rouer | ... |
Augustine
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Florense Simoni | ... |
Mère de Guérande
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Thelès | ... |
Juge d'instruction
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Miss Édith | ... |
Comtesse de Kerlor
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Directed by
| Louis Feuillade | ||
Written by
| Louis Feuillade | ... | () |
Music by
| Robert Israel | ... | (2000) |
Cinematography by
| Georges Guérin | ||
| Manichoux | ||
Art Direction by
| Robert-Jules Garnier | ||
Music Department
| Robert Israel | ... | orchestra leader |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont (1915) (France) (theatrical)
- Mutual Film Company (1916) (United States) (theatrical)
- Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Home Video (1993) (France) (VHS)
- Water Bearer Films (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Gaumont Vidéo (2006) (France) (DVD) (box-set)
- Artificial Eye (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Kinokuniya (2008) (Japan) (DVD) (box-set)
- Kino Lorber (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino Lorber (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
As a spate of grisly murders and mysterious disappearances terrorise Paris, the inquisitive reporter for The Globe, Philippe Guérande, and his loyal ally, Oscar Mazamette, embark on a peril-laden mission to expose the Vampires: a nefarious, well-connected organisation of arch-criminals preying on the innocent. But in this white-knuckle cat-and-mouse game of death, the dauntless companions are up against formidable adversaries, the Grand Vampires, and the sinister underground society's murderous muse: the gracefully deadly assassin, Irma Vep. In the imminent, once-and-for-all final confrontation with the forces of evil, can valiant Philippe and Mazamette thwart the Vampire menace before more people have to suffer? Written by Nick Riganas |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Musidora was an acrobat who did all her own stunts for this film. See more » |
| Goofs | In the 2012 Kino Lorber remastered DVD, the English subtitles have some errors. In episode 8, "The Lord of Thunder", Satanas intends to rescue Irma Vep from a prison ship bound for Algeria. Disguised as a priest, he passes her a coded message which rearranges into "Le navire sautera". Colloquially, this means,"The ship will blow up", but the subtitle translates this as "Jump overboard"; probably a good piece of advice anyway, as he does arrange to explode the ship. Later on in the same episode, Satanas plants a bomb in Guérande's apartment, and tells the paralyzed reporter that "the house will jump in five minutes"; same mistranslation. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from The Vampires: The Ring That Kills (1915). See more » |
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intertitle:
[final intertitle of Episode 9]
All's well that ends well, but we still haven't seen the last of the Vampires. See more » |