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Le Bossu (1925)

Le Bossu poster
Original title
Le bossu
Directed by
Jean Kemm
Genre
swashbuckler film, silent film
Country
France
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in 18th century France seeks revenge against a treacherous nobleman who wronged his family. He adopts a disguise and a new identity to infiltrate the court and expose the villain.

swashbucklingadventurousromanticperioddramaticaction-packedheroicclassic

What happens

Le Bosssu is a 1925 French silent historical adventure film directed by Jean Kemm and starring Gaston Jacquet, Claude France, Maxime Desjardins and Marcel Vibert. It is based on the 1858 novel Le Bossu by Paul Féval. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around Dordogne and Tarascon. It is also known by the alternative title The Duke's Motto under which it was released in Britain by Gaumont British Distributors in 1926. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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