Barrabas is a 1920

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 French

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 silent

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 crime

Crime

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 thriller film directed and written by Louis Feuillade

Louis Feuillade

Louis Feuillade was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films...

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Plot

Rudolph Strelitz, known as ‘Barrabas’, is the brutal leader of an underground gang who causes mayhem and destruction to the lives of civilized people. A lawyer

Lawyer

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, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring Strelitz to justice for the purpose of revenge

Revenge

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, after his father was wrongly guillotine

Guillotine

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d for the murder of Laure d’Hérigny, a mistress

Mistress (lover)

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 of a missing American millionaire

Millionaire

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. Later Claude Varèse’s sister, Françoise, is then abducted

Kidnapping

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 by the evil Dr Lucius, one of Barrabas’ henchmen.

Cast

• Fernand Herrmann
  Fernand Herrmann
  Fernand Herrmann was a French silent film actor.He starred in some 26 films between 1914 and 1925.He appeared in films such as the Louis Feuillade-directed Les Vampires serials that ran in installments from 1915 to 1916 and Barabbas in 1920.- External links :...
  
   ... L'avocat Jacques Varèse
• Édouard Mathé
  Édouard Mathé
  Édouard Mathé was an Australian born French silent film actor.He starred in some 51 films between 1914 and 1924.He appeared Barabbas in 1920...
  
   ... Raoul de Nérac
• Gaston Michel
  Gaston Michel
  Gaston Michel was a French silent film actor. He starred in some 40 films between 1913 and his death in 1921.He died in November 1921, in Lisbon, Portugal.-Selected filmography:* Judex * Parisette * Barabbas...
  
   ... Rudolph Strélitz
• Georges Biscot
  Georges Biscot
  Georges Biscot was a French film actor. He starred in some 28 films between 1916 and his death in 1944.He appeared in films such as Barrabas in 1920, and he died on 18 December 1944 in Paris.-Filmography:...
  
   ... Biscotin
• Blanche Montel
  Blanche Montel
  Blanche Montel , was a French actress. She appeared in 33 films between 1914 and 1943.She was born in Tours, France and died in Luzarches, France.-External links:...
  
   ... Françoise Varèse
• Jeanne Rollette ... Biscotine
• Albert Mayer ... Rougier
• Edmond Bréon ... Dr. Lucius
• Lugane ... Simne Delpierre
• Lyne Stanka ... Laure d'Herigny
• Violette Jyl... Noëlle Maupré
• Laurent Morléas ... Laugier
• Olinda Mano ... La petite Odette