Writing
Arthur Bernède
Born — Died
1871-01-05 — 1937-03-20
Place of birth
Redon, France
Known for
Writing
Credits
15 titles
Arthur Bernède (5 January 1871 – 20 March 1937) was a French writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwrightb born in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine department, in Brittany. In 1919, Bernède joined forces with actor René Navarre, who had played Fantômas in the Louis Feuillade serials, and writer Gaston Leroux, the creator of Rouletabille, to launch the Société des Cinéromans, a production company that would simultaneously produce films and novels. Bernède published almost 200 novels in the historical, adventure and mystery genres. His best-known characters include Belphégor, Judex, Mandrin, Chantecoq, and Vidocq. Bernède also collaborated on plays, poems, and opera libretti with Paul de Choudens; i…
Known for
6.4In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Les Misérables
1925
7.0Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
L'Argent
1928
6.8When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)
Judex
1916
7.0Judex the vigilante enjoins crooked banker Maurice-Ernest Favraux to distribute his ill-gotten fortune to the city's poor. The thugs decide to kidnap the financier's daughter.
Judex
1934
7.0Based on Charles Cunat's novel, Surcouf tells a romanticized version of the life story of Robert Surcouf, a French privateer and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century.
Surcouf
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède
1927
Behind the camera
6.4In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Les Misérables
1925
7.0Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
L'Argent
1928
6.8When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)
Judex
1916
7.0Judex the vigilante enjoins crooked banker Maurice-Ernest Favraux to distribute his ill-gotten fortune to the city's poor. The thugs decide to kidnap the financier's daughter.
Judex
1934
7.0Based on Charles Cunat's novel, Surcouf tells a romanticized version of the life story of Robert Surcouf, a French privateer and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century.
Surcouf
1925
No synopsis available yet.
Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède
1927
10.0An adaptation of the first part of Balzac's History of the Thirteen, centered on the secret society of the Thirteen and helmed by René Navarre in the titular role of the former convict who became a sublime father.
Ferragus
1923
10.0Directed by Henri Fescourt.
Mandrin
1924
No synopsis available yet.
L'Aiglonne
1922
No synopsis available yet.
The Man with Three Masks
1921
10.0Jacques Chauvry, the new government delegate for a French protectorate in Cambodia, meets the young Soun who, due to a series of circumstances, will become heir to land that houses a large oil field. Tao , an evil mestizo, along with his minions, tries to get hold of these lands, terrorizing the locals by appearing disguised as the "spirit of evil".
Tao
1923
The Duke of Corannes had married the gentle Miarka, daughter of Prince Mikaël Gernovitz, the last descendant of the ancient kings of Bohemia. The prince, enamored of nature's beauty, traveled endlessly in a sumptuous caravan. After a year of unbroken happiness, Miarka learned from Militza, Prince Mikaël's sister-a kind of sorceress-that the Duke of Corannes, bewitched by a woman as strange as she was beautiful, and known by the name of Impéria, had abandoned his home forever.
Impéria
1920
8.0A continuation of the film series "Judex" the masked fighter for justice.
The New Mission of Judex
1917
No synopsis available yet.
La loupiote
1922
This 8 chapter serial drama tells the story of a resistance movement led by Jean "Chouan" Cottereau against the Republicans in Western France starting in 1793.
Jean Chouan
1926
