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Blanc et noir (1919)

Directed by Eugeniusz Modzelewski

Count George Vilbois, descendant of an old French family that emigrated to Poland, is a young, wealthy, and righteous man. However, he is burdened by heredity, and his normal state, at the stroke of twelve at midnight, fades, and the impeccable man... transforms into an apache with all the instincts of a primitive man... He commits criminal acts, of which he knows nothing when he returns to consciousness. On one such nocturnal expedition, he murdered a street girl, Stasia, whom he took up because she bore a strange resemblance to his fiancée, Lila Korska. A few years after their wedding, the unfortunate man's condition deteriorated significantly... and George began to live by day, even as he had once lived only by night. This drew the attention of police agent Maks, whose lover the murdered Stasia was, and who ultimately proved that Count Vilbois was the apache who murdered her. The film has not survived to this day.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Eugeniusz Modzelewski
Writer
Eugeniusz Modzelewski, Dymitr Buchowiecki

Details

Release date
1919-09-25
Original language
PL
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Poland
Production
Kinofilm Lwów