At the Villa Rose (1920)

Directed by

Maurice Elvey

Genre

silent film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French police inspector investigates a murder at a villa. The case involves a seance and a violent strangulation.

old-fashionedmysteriousslow-pacedmelodramaticcreepysuspensefulrestraineddark

What happens

At the Villa Rose is a 1920 British silent detective film based on the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose by British politician and author A.E.W. Mason (considered his most famous mystery). The feature was directed by Maurice Elvey and stars Manora Thew and Langhorn Burton. A print of the film survives at the British Film Institute archives. The novel, which introduced the fictional character of French Police Inspector Hanaud, was so popular, it was filmed four times, the 1920 silent film being the first. The other three film versions were sound versions, two appearing in 1930, and the last in 1940. Although the film is mainly a murder mystery, there are some horror-oriented moments such as a creepy seance scene and a somewhat violent strangulation scene in it as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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