Barrabas

Barrabas

489 mins | Crime | Dec. 5, 1919

Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring Strelitz to justice for the purpose of revenge, after his father was unjustly guillotined for the murder of Laure d'Hérigny, the mistress of an American millionaire. Later, the sister of Claude Varèse, Françoise, is kidnapped by Dr Lucius, one of the henchmen of Barrabas. Serialised over 12 chapters.

Barrabas

489 mins | Crime | Dec. 5, 1919

Barrabas
Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring Strelitz to justice for the purpose of revenge, after his father was unjustly guillotined for the murder of Laure d'Hérigny, the mistress of an American millionaire. Later, the sister of Claude Varèse, Françoise, is kidnapped by Dr Lucius, one of the henchmen of Barrabas. Serialised over 12 chapters.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers
Original title Barrabas
Directors Louis Feuillade
Writers Maurice Level, Louis Feuillade

Cast

Fernand Herrmann

as L'avocat Jacques Varèse

Édouard Mathé

as Raoul de Nérac

Gaston Michel

as Rudolph Strélitz

Georges Biscot

as Biscotin

Blanche Montel

as Françoise Varèse