Tih Minh

1918 film

30 November 1918 (1918-11-30)

Running time

12 chapters (418 minutes)CountryFranceLanguagesSilent
French intertitles

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

Plot

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

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]

References

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Tih Minh". Silent Era. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
^ "Louis Feuillade: Filmography". Allocine. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
^ 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.