Judex
This effortlessly cool crime caper, directed by Georges Franju, is a marvel of dexterous plotting and visual invention. Conceived as an homage to Louis Feuillade’s 1916 cult silent serial of the same name, Judex kicks off with the mysterious kidnapping of a corrupt banker by a shadowy crime fighter (American magician Channing Pollock) and spins out into a thrillingly complex web of deceptions. Combining stylish sixties modernism with silent-cinema touches and even a few unexpected sci-fi accents, Judex is a delightful bit of pulp fiction and a testament to the art of illusion.
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Interview from 2007 with cowriter Jacques Champreux
- Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé
- Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Georges Franju’s career
- Two short films by Franju: Hôtel des Invalides (1951), about the Paris military complex, and Le grand Méliès (1952), about director Georges Méliès
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien, along with a selection of commentary by Franju (dual-format only)
New cover by Ron Wimberly
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Interview from 2007 with cowriter Jacques Champreux
- Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé
- Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Georges Franju’s career
- Two short films by Franju: Hôtel des Invalides (1951), about the Paris military complex, and Le grand Méliès (1952), about director Georges Méliès
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien, along with a selection of commentary by Franju (dual-format only)
New cover by Ron Wimberly
Cast
- Channing Pollock
- Judex
- Francine Bergé
- Diana Monti
- Edith Scob
- Jacqueline
- Michel Vitold
- Favraux
- Théo Sarapo
- Morales
- Sylva Koscina
- Daisy
- Jacques Jouanneau
- Cocantin
- René Génin
- Pierre Kerjean
- Benjamin Boda
- The boy
- Philippe Mareuil
- Amaury de la Rochefontaine
- André Méliès
- The doctor
- Luigi Cortèse
- Diana’s men
- Roger Fradet
Credits
- Director
- Georges Franju
- Adaptation and dialogue by
- Jacques Champreux
- Adaptation and dialogue by
- Francis Lacassin
- Based on the 1916 film series Judex, directed by
- Louis Feuillade
- Producer
- Robert de Nesle
- Original music
- Maurice Jarre
- Cinematography
- Marcel Fradetal
- Art direction
- Robert Giordani
- Production manager
- Jean Maumy
- Editing
- Gilbert Natot
- Sound
- Jean Labussière
- Costumes
- Christiane Courcelles
- Makeup
- Maguy Vernadet
- Hair
- Loulou Broyard
- Hair
- Louis Bonnemaison
- Continuity
- Suzanne Bon
- Cameramen
- Philippe Brun
- Cameramen
- Roger Delpuech
- Special effects and titles
- Jean Fouchet
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