Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
1862 - 1913Zigomar, peau d'anguille - Épisode 3: Le brigand de l'air
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Alexandre Arquillière, Josette Andriot
After a time of suspended activities, Zigomar attempted to rob the biggest bank in Paris; but in this he was frustrated by the detective. Swearing vengeance he tried to wreck the train upon which the detective was traveling, but one of the detective's spies got wind of it and warned him.
Zigomar - the Black Scourge - Episode 3
Au pays des ténèbres
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Charles Krauss, André Liabel
In 1912 Jasset turned from fantasy and spectacle to realism in making the first of two Zola adaptations, as part of Éclair's new series of social dramas. For Au pays des ténèbres, based on Germinal, he took his crew to Charleroi in Belgium to film in authentic locations, and although he updated the story to the present, he went to great lengths to recreate in the studio the detail of the actual mining galleries, exploiting the ability of film to be a recorder of contemporary reality.
In the Land of Darkness
Bandits en automobile - Épisode 2: Hors-la-loi
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Camille Bardou
In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly interested in detective or crime genres and with series like Nick Carter and Zigomar he is considered as one of the creators of the serial. The spectacular siege of Jules Bonnot's Gang at Choisy-le-Roi near Paris on April 28th 1912 inspired Jasset to make this 'Bandits en automobile'. French audiences recognized immediately the resemblances with the actual Bonnot Gang, a reason for which the film was prohibited in many cities.
Bandits en automobile - Épisode 2: Hors-la-loi
Le mystère du pont Notre Dame
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, Émile Chautard
Edmond Duquesne, Germaine Dermoz
Drama in which the love between Claude and Germaine is tested when Claude is falsely accused and Germaine's father doesn't approve of their relationship.
Le mystère du pont Notre Dame
Zigomar
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Charles Krauss, Alexandre Arquillière
A sensational detective story, founded on the romance of Leon Sazie. The noted criminal who terrorized all Europe is shown in these three Zigomar reels in a dramatic and intense struggle for supremacy with Paulin Broquet, the celebrated detective, who takes the two in the most varied and finest resorts.
Zigomar the Eelskin
Bandits en automobile - Épisode 1: La bande de l'auto grise
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Josette Andriot, Henri Gouget
In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly interested in detective or crime genres and with series like Nick Carter and Zigomar he is considered as one of the creators of the serial. The spectacular siege of Jules Bonnot's Gang at Choisy-le-Roi near Paris on April 28th 1912 inspired Jasset to make this 'Bandits en automobile'. French audiences recognized immediately the resemblances with the actual Bonnot Gang, a reason for which the film was prohibited in many cities.
Bandits en automobile - Épisode 1: La bande de l'auto grise
Protéa
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Josette Andriot, Lucien Bataille
Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Josette Andriot, who wore a characteristic costume of a close-fitting black jersey, two years before Musidora achieved cult status with her similar appearance as Irma Vep. This final masterpiece reflects Jasset's popular style: rhythmic action, fantastic realism, rich visuals, an anarchistic philosophy, a disdain for psychology, and an attention to lighting that earned him the nickname “the Rembrandt of the cinema". Although Jasset died shortly after completion, the film had considerable success and Andriot went on to make four more films in the series with other directors.
Protéa
Zigomar, peau d'anguille - Épisode 2: L'éléphant cambrioleur
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Alexandre Arquillière, Josette Andriot
The next dastardly trick of Zigomar was to secure the safe which carried $50,000 belonging to the owner of the Grand African Circus, which he had won as a prize. He and La Rosario, disguised as servants, joined the circus and by the aid of a powerful elephant managed to get the safe to a manhole into which is was lowered to Zigomar and La Rosario.
Zigomar - the Black Scourge - Episode 2
Eugénie Grandet
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, Émile Chautard
Suzanne Revonne, Jacques Guilhène
Eugenie Grandet has discovered where her father, a miserable old miser, keeps his treasure. Eugenie's cousin, Charles, is the bearer of a letter from his father to his uncle, Eugenie's father. The letter informs the miser that Charles' father, his only brother, is reduced to a state of utter ruin, and unless he can obtain immediate help, he contemplates suicide.
Eugénie Grandet
Zigomar contre Nick Carter
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Alexandre Arquillière, Charles Krauss
Nick Carter, the famous detective, is ordered to prosecute the gang of Zigomar. Carter gets into various thorny situations but manages to escape every time, helped by Olga, a former girlfriend of Zigomar. Carter finally manages to trap Zigomar and Zigomar is arrested. However, Zigomar avoids going to court by apparently poisoning himself.
Zigomar vs. Nick Carter
Dans la cave
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Josette Andriot
Two thugs conk the proprietor of a bistro on the head and drag him downstairs to the cellar where he stores his wine. While they plot the next step of whatever they are doing, two gendarmes come in to finish their meal. Running short of wine, one heads down to the cellar.
Dans la cave
Zigomar, peau d'anguille - Épisode 1: La résurrection de Zigomar
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Alexandre Arquillière, André Liabel
Paulin Broquet, the great Parisian detective, has brought the notorious bandit, Zigomar, to justice. Determined not to let the law punish him, he had taken poison in the Hall of Justice. Then he was brought to a hospital where he lay motionless and was visited by hundreds of persons. Among the visitors was a slender woman, dressed in black, who secreted herself in the hospital, and, when all the others had gone, went to the bedside of Zigomar and administered an antidote for poisoning.
Zigomar - the Black Scourge - Episode 1
