''Tih Minh'' is a 1918 French

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directed by

Louis Feuillade Louis Feuillade (; 19 February 1873 – 25 February 1925) was a French filmmaker of the silent film, silent era. Between 1906 and 1924, he directed over 630 films. He is primarily known for the crime serial film, serials ''Fantômas (1913 ser ...

Plot

''Tih Minh'' tells the story of Jacques d'Athys who returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to

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. Tih Minh, a young woman from

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, 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 some treasures and of sensitive government intelligence as well. This makes him and Tih Minh the target of the spies who will stop at nothing to obtain the book. File:Tih Minh (1918), part 1.webm, thumbtime=0, Part 1 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 2.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 2 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 3.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 3 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 4.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 4 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 5.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 5 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 6.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 6 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 7.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 7 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 8.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 8 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 9.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 9 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 10.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 10 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 11.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 11 File:Tih Minh (1918), part 12.webm, thumbtime=10, Part 12

Cast

* Mary Harald ( fr) as Tih Minh *

René Cresté René Auguste Cresté (5 December 1881 – 30 November 1922) was a French stage and film actor and director of the silent film era. Cresté is possibly best recalled as Judex, the title character in the Louis Feuillade-directed crime-adventure s ...

as Jacques d'Athys *

Georges Biscot Georges Biscot (15 September 1889 – 18 December 1944) was a French film actor. His birth name was Gaston Georges Bouzac. He starred in some 28 films between 1916 and his death in 1944. He appeared in films such as '' Barrabas'' in 1920, and ...

as Placido *

Édouard Mathé Édouard Mathé (; 1886–1934) was a French silent film actor. He starred in some 51 films between 1914 and 1924. Mathe appeared ''Barabbas'' in 1920. He regularly appeared in films directed by Louis Feuillade, such as the 1915 '' Les Vamp ...

as Sir Francis Grey *

Louis Leubas Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also * ...

( fr) as Kistna *

Gaston Michel Gaston Michel (1856 – November 1921) 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 * ''Les Vampires'' (1915) * ''Judex'' ...

as Dr. Gilson * Marcel Marquet as Dr. Clauzel (as Marquet) *

Émile André François-Émile André (August 22, 1871 – March 10, 1933) was a French architect, artist, and furniture designer. He was the son of the architect of Charles André and the father of two other architects, Jacques André (architect), Jacques ...

as Dr. Davesnes * Georgette Faraboni ( fr) as La marquise Dolorès *

Jeanne Rollette Jeanne may refer to: Places * Jeanne (crater), on Venus People * Jeanne (given name) * Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412–1431), French folk heroine and saint * Jeanne Devos (religious sister) * Jeanne Devos (photographer) * Joan of Flanders, C ...

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.

References

External links

* 1918 films French silent feature films Film serials Films directed by Louis Feuillade French black-and-white films 1910s French films {{1910s-France-film-stub