The House of Mystery

The House of Mystery (1923)

La Maison du mystère

Julien Villandrit is the owner of the estate of Les Basses-Bruyères and its textile factory, where the manager is his childhood friend Corradin. Julien marries his neighbour Régine, unaware that Corradin also loves her. Julien is sent to gaol for a murder actually committed by Corradin. The only witness to the truth is the woodsman Rudeberg and Corradin buys his silence by paying for the education of his son Pascal. Julien's struggle to clear his name and to rescue Régine and their daughter Christiane from Corradin's scheming extends over many years and faces many setbacks.

Date of release
1923-01-02
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
6h 23m
Genres
Drama
Director
Alexandre Volkoff

Casting

Interesting facts

La Maison du mystère is a French silent serial film directed by Alexandre Volkoff for the Albatros film company. It was made during 1921 and 1922 and was first shown in 1923. It was co-written by and starred Ivan Mosjoukine.

Production

In 1921 the Russian émigré producer Joseph N. Ermolieff undertook three film serials through his company Ermolieff-Cinéma, including one based on La Maison du mystère by the novelist Jules Mary. Filming began in the summer of 1921 but was then interrupted for six months when its star, Ivan Mosjoukine, contracted typhoid fever. When production resumed in 1922, it was under the aegis of Films Albatros, the successor to Ermolieff's company.

The titles of the ten parts of the serial were: Episode 1: L'Ami félon. Episode 2: Le Secret de l'étang. Episode 3: L'Ambition au service de la haine. Episode 4: L'Implacable Verdict. Episode 5: Le Pont vivant. Episode 6: La Voix du sang. Episode 7: Les Caprices du destin. Episode 8: Champ clos. Episode 9: Les Angoisses de Corradin. Episode 10: Le Triomphe de l'amour.

Studio scenes were filmed in Montreuil and some location shooting was carried out in Nice and Cannes. A number of the cast and the technicians were Russians who had moved to France after the Russian Revolution. The story allowed Ivan Mosjoukine to appear in numerous disguises in the course of the film and to display the range of his acting.

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