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Le fantôme du Moulin-Rouge
(The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge)
Also known as Weingeister in Austria; Il Fantasma del Moulin Rouge in Italy; O Fantasma do Moulin Rouge in Portugal
(1925) French
B&W : 1957 metres
Directed by René Clair

Cast: Georges Vaultier [Julien Boissel], Sandra Milovanoff [Yvonne Vincent], Maurice Schutz [Victor Vincent], Albert Préjean [the reporter], Paul Ollivier [Docteur Window], José Davert [Gauthier], Madeleine Rodrigue [Jacqueline]

Films René Fernand production. / Scenario by René Clair, from a novel by Walter Schlee. Art direction by Robert Gys. Cinematography by Louis Chaix and Jimmy Berliet. / Released 13 March 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Clair’s first feature-length film. The film was released in the USA in 1925.

Drama: Fantasy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute film archive [35mm positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 7 October 2008.

References: Bardèche-History p. 245; Shipman-Cinema p. 89.

Home video: DVD.