Judex

6.9

France

Crime Thriller Mystery

104 min

1963

Channing Pollock Max Montavon Bernard Charlan André Tomasi Michel Vitold Jacques Jouanneau Jean Degrave Philippe Mareuil Roger Fradet René Génin Sylva Koscina Théo Sarapo Édith Scob Francine Bergé Édouard Francomme

Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.