Le Vertige (The Living Image)

France, 1926. Director Marcel L'Herbier. 130min.

Following L’Inhumaine (1924), Le Vertige provided L’Herbier with another opportunity to hone a fiercely modernist aesthetic and to star his muse Jaque Catelain. Cast in a double role as a murdered officer in revolutionary Petrograd and his ‘living image’ who haunts the French Riviera, Catelain showcases sharp double-breasted jackets, geometric dressing gowns and urbane sportswear designed by Sonia Delaunay and Paris’s high society tailor Yose. The film also features décor by Robert Mallet-Stevens and furnishings by Pierre Chareau and Robert Delaunay.

With Emmy Lynn and Jaque Catelain.
Costumes by Jacques Manuel, Sonia Delaunay and Yose.

Past screenings:

Marcel L’Herbier: Fabricating Dreams – London
Monday 13 May 2013, 18:15 | BFI Southbank, NFT3
With introduction by Nick Rees-Roberts and live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne.