When 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.)
Direction
Feuillade's shadow-drenched compositions invented visual language for mystery heroes.
Acting
Musidora's slinky villain Diana — the original femme fatale prototype.
Production
Practical cliffhangers with real trains, real heights, real stakes.
Director
Louis Feuillade
René Cresté
Jacques de Tremeuse / Judex
Musidora
Diana Monti / Marie Verdier
René Poyen
The Boy Réglisse
Édouard Mathé
Roger de Tremeuse
Gaston Michel
Pierre Kerjean
Yvonne Dario
Countess de Tremeuse
Yvette Andréyor
Jacqueline Aubry
Juliette Clarens
Gisèle
Jean Devalde
Robert Moralés
Georges Flateau
Viscount de la Rochefontaine
Louis Leubas
Banker Favraux
Marcel Lévesque
Cocantin
Olinda Mano
Little Jean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Judex directly inspired Batman's creation — Bob Kane and Bill Finger studied Feuillade's serials extensively.
The 'ruined family' backstory and secret lair became the template for every masked hero origin after 1916.
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