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Satanas (Gaumont)

The Grand Vampire. Master of Disguise. Has a home cannon. Employs a glove with a poisoned pin that paralyses its victim, as well as a top hat with a hidden bomb.
Alias Satanas, Grand Master of Les Vampires
Real Names/Alt Names Unknown
Characteristics Villain, Master of Disguise, Terrorist, Film Characters, Gaumont Thrillers, Modernism Era, French
Creators/Key Contributors Louis Feuillade
First Appearance Les Vampires (Film, 1915)
First Publisher Gaumont Studios
Appearance List Histoire générale du cinéma, Tome I: L’Avant-guerre (1946) by Georges Sadoul — situates Les Vampires in the French serial tradition, Anthologie du cinéma: Louis Feuillade (1947) edited by Henri Langlois — Cinémathèque française program publication for Feuillade’s rediscovery, Histoire du cinéma mondial (1949) by Georges Sadoul — discusses Les Vampires as part of world film history, Histoire du cinéma (1962) by Jean Mitry — academic framing of Les Vampires as milestone of silent narrative cinema, Écrits de cinéma (1965) by Henri Langlois — essays/program notes, Histoire du cinéma: des origines à nos jours (1969) by René Jeanne & Charles Ford — contextual treatment of Feuillade’s serials including Les Vampires.
Sample Read Les Vampires (1915) [YT]
Description The Grand Vampire. Master of Disguise. Has a home cannon. Employs a glove with a poisoned pin that paralyses its victim, as well as a top hat with a hidden bomb.
Source Les Vampires – Wikipedia