In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly interested in detective or crime genres and with series like Nick Carter and Zigomar he is considered as one of the creators of the serial. The spectacular siege of Jules Bonnot’s Gang at Choisy-le-Roi near Paris on April 28th 1912 inspired Jasset to make this ‘Bandits en automobile’. French audiences recognized immediately the resemblances with the actual Bonnot Gang, a reason for which the film was prohibited in many cities.
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
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Overdrive61%
The Big Heat76%
Au revoir là-haut78%
Le Bal des folles70%
Landru63%
The Devil All the Time71%
The Hitcher69%
Murder on the Orient Express71%
Paths of Glory82%
La Rafle75%
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun70%
L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche69%
Police Flash 8063%
L'Affaire Bojarski71%
The Phantom of the Opera72%
Manon des sources76%
The Day of the Jackal75%
La Cité de la peur74%
Les Lyonnais67%
L'Adversaire66%
