Biography
Arthur Bernède (5 January 1871 – 20 March 1937) was a French writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwrightb born in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine department, in Brittany. In 1919, Bernède joined forces with actor René Navarre, who had played Fantômas in the Louis Feuillade serials, and writer Gaston Leroux, the creator of Rouletabille, to launch the Société des Cinéromans, a production company that would simultaneously produce films and novels. Bernède published almost 200 novels in the historical, adventure and mystery genres. His best-known characters include Belphégor, Judex, Mandrin, Chantecoq, and Vidocq. Bernède also collaborated on plays, poems, and opera libretti with Paul de Choudens; including several operas by Félix Fourdrain, Jules Massenet's Sapho, and Camille Erlanger's L'Aube rouge.
Wrote 33
2020s
- 2025
2000s
- 2001
1960s
- 1965
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Novel
- 1963
- 1962
1940s
- 1948
Mandrin (2ème époque) La Tragédie d'un siècle
Novel
1930s
- 1937
La Loupiote
Novel
- 1934
Judex
Story, Screenplay
- 1931
1920s
- 1928
- 1927
Belphégor
Novel
- 1925
Surcouf
Writer
- 1924
Mandrin
Screenplay, Story
- 1923
Ferragus
Screenplay
Tao
Writer
Vidocq
Novel
1910s
- 1917
The New Mission of Judex
Writer
Judex (Episode 12): Love’s Forgiveness
Writer
Judex (Episode 11): The Water Sprite
Writer
Judex (Episode 10): Jacqueline’s Heart
Writer
Judex (Episode 09): When the Child Appeared
Writer
Judex (Episode 08): The Underground Passages of the Château-Rouge
Writer
Judex (Episode 07): The Woman in Black
Writer
Judex (Episode 06): The Licorice Kid
Writer
Judex (Episode 05): The Tragic Mill
Writer
Judex (Episode 04): The Secret of the Tomb
Writer
Judex (Episode 03): The Fantastic Dog Pack
Writer
Judex (Episode 02): The Atonement
Writer
Judex (Episode 00): Prologue
Writer
Judex (Episode 01): Mysterious Shadow
Writer
- 1916
Judex
Writer
Chantecoq
Novel