Zigomar vs. Nick Carter
About Zigomar vs. Nick Carter
Nick Carter is sent after Zigomar's gang. Traps close on him and he gets out of them with help from Olga, who used to be with Zigomar. He finally corners the thief and the police take Zigomar. Before the court date, Zigomar appears to poison himself. The four French reels run from his return through an opium den and a car chase.
Cast & crew
More about Zigomar vs. Nick Carter
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset wrote and directed this sequel to his 1911 Zigomar for Éclair. Lucien Andriot photographed. Alexandre Arquillière plays Zigomar, Charles Krauss plays Nick Carter, André Liabel plays Paulin Broquet, and Josette Andriot is in the cast. Zigomar comes from Léon Sazie's 1909 serial in Le Matin. Carter stands in for the detective Pauline Broquet. The four reels were titled Zigomar Ressuscite, Les Deux Zigomar, Face à Face, and La Fin de Zigomar. American titles were Resurrected to Life, His Return to the Notorious Gang, The Opium Dens, and The Auto Wild Chase. Jasset followed it with Zigomar the Eelskin in 1913.
Themes
Background
Nick Carter was already a cheap-fiction name in France. Jasset uses him as the pursuer once Pauline Broquet is out of the case.
Making
Éclair built the picture as a crossover: an American dime-novel detective dropped into a French newspaper serial, then cut into four sellable reels.
Look
Lucien Andriot shot the serial-style pursuits, including the motor chase sold in America as its own reel.
Notes
- The French title is Zigomar contre Nick Carter. It was also sold as Zigomar vs. Le Rouquin and Zigomar vs. Le Roukin.
- Olga, a former companion of Zigomar, is the person who gets Carter out of the gang's traps.
- One American reel title, The Opium Dens, names a setting the French release folded into Face à Face.
- The last American reel is a motor chase, The Auto Wild Chase.
- Sazie had been publishing Zigomar in Le Matin since 1909. Jasset's first film of the character was 1911.
Scenes
- Olga pulls Carter out of the gang's traps.
- Zigomar is arrested, then seems to poison himself before court.
- The American cut sells the finish as a wild automobile chase.
Influenced by
- Léon Sazie's Zigomar serial (1909)
- The Nick Carter detective stories
Influenced
- Zigomar the Eelskin (1913)
