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L’Inhumaine
(The Inhuman One)
Also known as Die Unmenschliche in Germany; Futurismo in Italy; La Inhumana in Spain; The Inhuman Woman in the United Kingdom : [The New Enchantment]
(1924) France
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Marcel L’Herbier
Cast: Georgette Leblanc [Claire Lescot], Jaque-Catelain [Einar Norsen], Philippe Hériat [Maharajah Djorah de Nopur], L.V. de Malte (Léonid Walter de Malte) [Wladimir Kranine], Kellerman (Fred Kellerman) [Frank Mahler], Marcelle Pradot [the innocent farm girl], Prince Tokio [an entertainer at the dinner], Las Bonambellas [entertainers at the dinner], Rolf de Mare Ballets [dance troupe at the theatre], Kiki de Montparnasse, Jean Börlin, Émile Saint-Ober, Alberto Cavalcanti [theatre audience member], René Clair [theatre audience member], Lise Deharne [theatre audience member], Raymond Guérin-Catelain [theatre audience member], James Joyce [theatre audience member], Pablo Picasso [theatre audience member], Bronia Perlmutter [theatre audience member], Tylia Perlmutter [theatre audience member], Ezra Pound [theatre audience member], Man Ray [theatre audience member], Lili Samuel [theatre audience member], Erik Satie [theatre audience member], [?] Ève Francis?
Cinégraphic production; distributed by Cinégraphic. / Produced by Marcel L’Herbier and Georgette Leblanc. Scenario by Marcel L’Herbier, Georgette Leblanc and Pierre MacOrlan (Pierre Dumarchais). Art direction by Alberto Cavalcanti and Claude Autant-Lara. Set design by Robert Mallet-Stevens (architecture), Fernand Léger (the laboratory), Claude Autant-Lara (the winter garden), Michel Dufel (furniture) and Pierre Chareau (furniture). Costume design by Claude Autant-Lara, with Georgette Leblanc’s costumes by Paul Poiret and Jaque-Catelain’s costumes by Yose. Sculptures by Joseph Csaky. Glasswork by Jean Luce and Delvaux. Makeup by Jaque-Catelain. Assistant director, Philippe Hériat. Cinematography by Georges Specht and Roche. Film editor, Marcel L’Herbier. Original music score by Darius Malhaud. / Released 12 December 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Film Associates on 14 March 1926. The film was restored in 1986. The film was again restored in 2015 by Lobster Films, Paris.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Art Deco - Avant-garde - Divas - Fire - France: Paris (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées), Rouen - Musicians: Jazz bands - Television
Listing updated: 22 June 2016.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 152-153, 227; Geduld-Birth p. 39; Mandelbaum-Screen pp. 4, 5; Pratt-Spellbound p. ? : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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