Arthur Bernède
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.
Films (37)

Belphégor : Le Fantôme du Louvre
2001 · Novel

Judex
1963 · Original Story

Mandrin
1962 · Novel

Mandrin (2ème époque) La Tragédie d'un siècle
1948 · Novel

La Loupiote
1937 · Novel

Judex
1934 · Story, Screenplay

Méphisto
1931 · Novel

L'Argent
1928 · Screenplay
Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède
1927 · Screenplay

Belphégor
1927 · Novel
Jean Chouan
1926 · Screenplay

Les Misérables
1925 · Screenplay

Surcouf
1925 · Writer

Mandrin
1924 · Story, Screenplay

Ferragus
1923 · Screenplay

Tao
1923 · Writer

Vidocq
1923 · Novel
La loupiote
1922 · Writer
L'Aiglonne
1922 · Writer
The Man with Three Masks
1921 · Writer
Impéria
1920 · Writer

The New Mission of Judex
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 12): Love’s Forgiveness
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 11): The Water Sprite
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 10): Jacqueline’s Heart
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 09): When the Child Appeared
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 08): The Underground Passages of the Château-Rouge
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 07): The Woman in Black
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 06): The Licorice Kid
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 05): The Tragic Mill
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 04): The Secret of the Tomb
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 03): The Fantastic Dog Pack
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 02): The Atonement
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 00): Prologue
1917 · Writer

Judex (Episode 01): Mysterious Shadow
1917 · Writer

Judex
1916 · Writer

Chantecoq
1916 · Novel

