The Five Accursed Gentlemen
About The Five Accursed Gentlemen
Yves Le Guérantec starts in an opium den on the Riviera, then meets the others by chance on the boat from Marseille to Tunis. In the souk one of the men pulls the veil from a young woman's face and knocks down her father. The father curses the five Europeans: they will die by the next full moon, in the order of the insult. They begin to vanish one by one. The deaths may be a scheme rather than a curse.
Cast & crew
More about The Five Accursed Gentlemen
Luitz-Morat and Pierre Régnier directed, from the novel by André Reuze. Francis Jourdain designed the sets and Frank Daniau-Johnston photographed the film. Films Luitz-Morat produced it and Pathé distributed it. The original length is 1,855 meters. Pathé opened it in Paris on September 3, 1920.
Background
A 1920 Pathé drama that opens on the Riviera and moves to the Tunis souk.
Making
Luitz-Morat acted in the film as well as sharing the direction with Pierre Régnier.
Look
Frank Daniau-Johnston was the cinematographer.
Preservation
A Pathé-Baby reduction survives. Princeton University Library has posted one. The original length on record is 1,855 meters.
Notes
- André Luguet plays Jacques Le Guérantec, Luitz-Morat plays Luitz Kaladjian, Pierre Régnier plays Captain Lawson, and Yvonne Devigne plays Jacqueline Delvias.
- The story is set in Tunisia. The production country is France.
- A later sound film of the same title, directed by Julien Duvivier, came out in 1931.
Scenes
- In the souk a man strips the veil from a young woman and strikes her father.
- The father names the order of their deaths.
Influenced by
- Les Cinq Gentlemen maudits (André Reuze novel)
Influenced
- Les cinq gentlemen maudits (1931)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Les cinq Gentlemen maudits (1920).webm)
