''Surcouf'' is a 1924 French silent

adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...

film serial A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...

directed by

Luitz-Morat Luitz-Morat (1884–1929) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director.Oscherwitz p.35 Selected filmography * ''A Roman Orgy'' (1911) * ''The City Destroyed'' (1924) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * ''The Chocolate Girl'' (1 ...

and starring

Jean Angelo Jean Angelo (born Jean-Jacques Barthélémy, 17 May 1888 - 26 November 1933) was a French film actor of silent movies and early talkies. He was often a leading man playing romantic or athletic roles. Angelo was born and died in Paris. Filmogra ...

, María Dalbaicín and

Thomy Bourdelle Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France. Selected filmography *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * '' Jocaste'' (1925) * ''Jean ...

. It is loosely based on the life of the eighteenth century

privateer A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...

Robert Surcouf Robert Surcouf (12 December 1773 – 8 July 1827) was a French privateer and slave trader who operated in the Indian Ocean between 1789 and 1801, and again from 1807 to 1808, capturing over 40 prizes. He later amassed a large fortune as a ...

.Klossner p.365 Its initial release date was 13 February 1925. The film's sets were designed by the

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Louis Nalpas Louis Nalpas (1884-1948) was a Greek-French film producer. He was a leading producer during the silent era, and was employed by the large French studio Pathé.:30 He was behind the company's construction of the Victorine Studios in Nice in 1921, ...

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as Robert Surcouf * María Dalbaicín as Madiana *

as Marcof * Pierre Hot as Dutertre * Jacqueline Blanc as Marie-Catherine * Johanna Sutter as Tagore *

Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...

as Jacques Morel, un traitre * Louis Monfils as Commodore Rewington *

Daniel Mendaille Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years. Early life Born Daniel Henri Elie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académie ...

as Bruce * Émilie Prévost as Madame Surcouf * Émile Keppens as Le père Surcouf * Georgette Sorelle as Lady Bruce *

Jean Peyrière Jean Peyrière (born Marie Henri Georges Jean Vaysse, 10 October 1885 – 7 September 1965) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in several popular serial films during his career. Biography Jean Peyrière was born Marie Henri Georges ...

as William Pitt

References

Bibliography

* Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland & Company, 2002.

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* 1925 films Films directed by Luitz-Morat French silent films French black-and-white films French historical adventure films Seafaring films 1920s historical adventure films Films set in the 18th century Film serials Pathé films 1920s French films 1920s French-language films Silent historical adventure films {{1920s-France-film-stub

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