The Apaches (1919)
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| Original title | The Apaches |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
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| Director | Ewald André Dupont |
| script | Ewald Andre Dupont |
| production | Stern-Film GmbH (Berlin) |
| camera | Charles Paulus (black and white) |
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The Apache is a 1919 incurred silent film - Thriller The Star-Film GmbH, Berlin. The name of the film is derived from the term Apaches as a generic term for criminal gangs in Paris during the Belle Epoque .
description
On the crossing to France on board a luxury liner, the banker Jules Coupeau carries a diamond necklace of immeasurable value with him. He befriends a detective who is traveling with him and in Marseille they lodge in the Hotel Cosmopolite. There the notorious criminal Badinguet, an Apache , plans to steal the jewelry. With the help of his lover Gervaise, he wants to lure the detective out of town. At first he falls in love with Gervaise. But then he suspects what could happen and travels back to Marseille to help the banker. In a life and death fight, Gervaise throws herself in front of the detective and is fatally hit. In the following duel, the detective wins.
Web links
- The Apaches at filmportal.de
- The Apaches in the Internet Movie Database (English)