Âmes de fous (1918)
A serial in six episodes: 1) La seconde Marquise de Sombreuse; 2) Le Chateau maudit; 3) Folle; 4) L'Exilee; 5) La Danseuse inconnue; 6) Hallucination et realite. Set in modern day France in a chateau thought to be haunted since the Revolution, a Marquis and his daughter Irene (granddaughter of Marie Antoinette's lady companion) are preyed upon by Latin seductress, Lola, and her brother, Pedro. (Summary by Tami Williams, from the 2018 Il Cinema Ritrovato film program)
Director: Germaine Dulac
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Ève Francis as Lela de Sombreuse |
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Sylvio De Pedrelli as Gérard Dacier |
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Jacques Volnys as Count of Sombreuse |
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Suzanne Parisys as Irène de Sombreuse |
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Gastao Roxo as Juan Filipini |
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André Séchan as |
| Directing | Germaine Dulac | Director |
| Writing | Guy de Téramond | Story |
| Writing | Germaine Dulac | Writer |
| Camera | Maurice Forster | Director of Photography |