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The Inhuman Woman

1924 · 123 min

A dreamlike, stylised silent spectacle that drifts between lavish artifice and cold emotional distance, rewarding patience with strange, haunting images.

Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte
Overview
A famous singer Claire Lescot, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, is courted by many men, including a maharajah, Djorah de Nopur, and a young Swedish scientist, Einar Norsen. At her lavish parties she enjoys their amorous attentions but she remains emotionally aloof and heartlessly taunts them. When she is told that Norsen has killed himself because of her, she shows no feelings. At her next concert she is booed by an audience outraged at her coldness and she decides to visit the vault in which Norsen's body lies.

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Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • identity
  • technology
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism3
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Written by
Pierre Mac Orlan, Georgette Leblanc
Starring
Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Fred Kellerman, Philippe Hériat, Marcelle Pradot, Kiki of Montparnasse, Lili Samuel
Music
Darius Milhaud
Cinematography
Roche, Georges Specht
Runtime
123 min
Country
France
Languages
No Language

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