Tih Minh

Tih Minh is a 1918 French film serial directed by Louis Feuillade.[1][2]

Tih Minh
Directed byLouis Feuillade
Written byLouis Feuillade
StarringMary Harald
René Cresté
Georges Biscot
Édouard Mathé
CinematographyLéon Klausse
Edited byLéon Klausse
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 30 November 1918 (1918-11-30)
Running time
12 chapters (418 minutes)
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

Plot

Tih Minh tells the story of Jacques d'Athys who returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina. Tih Minh (Mary Harald), a young woman from Laos, accompanies him.

Athys and his servant, Placide, soon become involved with an international band of jewel thieves-cum-spies that include among its members a mysterious noble person, a hypnotist and an evil doctor who renders their victims amnesiacs.

Unknown to Athys, he has returned to France with a book that contains a coded message revealing the location of treasure and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him and Tih Minh the target of the spies who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.

Cast
  • Mary Harald (fr) as Tih Minh
  • René Cresté as Jacques d'Athys
  • Georges Biscot as Placido
  • Édouard Mathé as Sir Francis Grey
  • Louis Leubas (fr) as Kistna
  • Gaston Michel as Dr. Gilson
  • Marcel Marquet as Dr. Clauzel (as Marquet)
  • Émile André as Dr. Davesnes
  • Georgette Faraboni (fr) as La marquise Dolorès
  • Jeanne Rollette as Rosette
  • Lugane as Jane d'Athys
  • Madame Lacroix as Mme d'Athys

Reception

Tih Minh was edited and released in 1920 in the United States under the title In the Clutches of the Hindu. However, when compared to American film serials, its European-style pace of action was considered to be slow, and it would be the last European serial to be distributed in the American film serial format.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Tih Minh". Silent Era. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  2. "Louis Feuillade: Filmography". Allocine. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. Canjels, Rudmer (2011). Distributing Silent Film Serials: Local Practices, Changing Forms, Cultural Transformation. New York City: Routledge. pp. 124–25. ISBN 978-0-415-87714-5.


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