Mon

27/06

Cinema Lumiere - Sala Officinema/Mastroianni > 14:30

Jasset: In Tunisia / The apogee of Josette Andriot

Introduced by

Tamara Shvediuk (introducing La Danseuse de Siva), Emilie Cauquy, Hiroshi Komatsu and Mariann Lewinsky

Harp accompaniment by Eduardo Raon

IN TUNISIA
Jacques Deslandes and Francis Lacassin, both of them meticulous researchers, indicate in their 1975 filmography that Georges Hatot and Victorin Jasset shot seven titles in Tunisia, during the first months of 1910. The filmmakers went there for the light, still a problem in 1910, and for the couleur locale provided by picturesque locations and dresses of the people. Of these seven films, only Dans les ruines de Carthage, seems to have survived in a complete print, while La Résurrection de Lazare is missing the final 40m. Only two shots of La Fleur de mort are known to exist at present and they have been restored by Cinémathèque française for our festival. No trace could be found of L’Enseveli de Tebessa, La Reconnaissance de l’Arabe, Morgan le pirate L’Épave and Ginhara ou Fidèle jusqu’à la mort. That is, no trace of a film print. A wad of 18×12 still photographs of these titles (and possibly some more yet unidentified ones) has miraculously turned up in the paper archives of Albert Samama Chikli, now in the collection of the Cineteca di Bologna. Samama Chikli not only acted as still photographer to his colleagues from Paris but also as their travel guide; there are more photographs showing Victorin Jasset and Josette Andriot on an excursion. Andriot can be identified in still photographs of La Fleur de mort, Ginhara and Morgan le pirate playing bit parts, which helps to complete her filmography, and the addresses of Jasset and Andriot (who lived together) and of Hatot are listed in Samama Chikli’s address book.

Mariann Lewinsky

To follow: stills from the lost films of Georges Hatot and Victorine-Hippolyte Jasset from the Albert Samama Chikli Fund

Projection
Info

Monday 27/06/2022
14:30

Subtitle

Original version with subtitles

LA DANSEUSE DE SIVA

Film Notes

Stacia Napierkowska (1886-1945) was one of the most successful of the many dancers who appeared onstage, in Paris and internationally, as Hindu priestesses, Esmeraldas, Greek nymphs and maenads, oriental harem favourites or Cambodian temple maidens. After her film debut in 1908, she quickly became a film star, first with Pathé and later with Film d’arte Italiana, creating her own roles in the manner of pantomimes; at the same time she continued her brilliant stage career. Napierkowska was an influential fashion leader, and her dark slender beauty certainly looks like the role model of Josette Andriot. La Danseuse de Siva (1911), a film by Albert Capellani deemed to be lost until recently, has been identified by Tamara Shvediuk in the collection of the Gosfil’mofonds. The print originally belonged to Sergey Ivanovich Osipov, a cinema owner and distributor.

Mariann Lewinsky

Cast and Credits

Scen.: Henri Cermoise. Int.: Stacia Napierkowska (Viamalah), Georges Tréville (il principe Achilgar), Madeleine Carlier (Ourvasi), Émile Milo, Gaston Fred. Prod.: Société Cinématographique des Auteurs et Gens de Lettres (SCAGL), Série d’Art Pathé Frères (SAPF). DCP.
D.: 14’. Bn.

LE COLLIER DE KALI

Film Notes

Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset morì all’ospedale di rue Antoine-Chantin il 22 giugno 1913. Come il precedente Protéa, il suo ultimo film Le Collier de Kali uscì postumo. Temi quali l’avventura, il crimine e la vendetta vengono sviluppati attraverso splendide immagini composte pittoricamente. L’esotismo dell’ambientazione orientale e gli interni ricchi di decorazioni sono costanti estetiche dell’opera di Jasset e costituiscono il fascino principale di questo film. Il ricco avventuriero Charles Darsac asseconda i capricci della moglie Henriette. La donna apprende da un articolo di giornale che in India è stata scoperta la statua della dea Kali e vuole a tutti i costi la preziosa collana della dea. Cedendo ai suoi desideri Charles salpa per l’India e ruba la collana. La dea è protetta da una baiadera chiamata anch’essa Kali che segue Charles fino in Francia e tenta di recuperare il gioiello rubato. L’esotica ambientazione indiana, la trappola e gli animali feroci sono elementi sensazionali che rendono emozionante l’atmosfera del film. La fredda bellezza di Josette Andriot è straordinaria. La piccola Simone Genevois interpreta la figlia di Darsac.

Hiroshi Komatsu

Cast and Credits

T. int.: What the Gods Decree. Scen.: Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, Robert Boudrioz. F.: Lucien Andriot. Int.: Josette Andriot (Kali), Marise Dauvray (Henriette Darsac), Charles Krauss (Charles Darsac), Camille Bardou (Doura), Simone Genevois (Simone). Prod.: Éclair. 16mm.
L.: 360 m. D.: 38’ a 18 f/s.

DANS LES RUINES DE CARTHAGE

International Title
DANS LES RUINES DE CARTHAGE
Director: Georges Hatot, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Year: 1910
Country: Francia
Running time: 12'
Film Version

French intertitles

Sound
Mute
Edition
2022

LA RÉSURRECTION DE LAZARE

International Title
LA RÉSURRECTION DE LAZARE
Director: Georges Hatot, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Year: 1910
Country: Francia
Running time: 8'
Film Version

English intertitles

Sound
Mute
Edition
2022

LA FLEUR DE MORT

International Title
LA FLEUR DE MORT
Director: Georges Hatot, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Year: 1910
Country: Francia
Running time: 4'
Sound
Mute
Edition
2022