Gossette (1923) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1923 · 297 mins

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Directed by

Germaine Dulac

Starring

Jean d'Yd, Maurice Schutz, Madeleine Guitty, Georges Charlia, Mario Nasthasio, Régine Bouet

Dulac used a range of specially designed lenses and prisms to create varied visual effects, expanding the film’s expressive tools to convey characters’ inner visions and mental states. The narrative also inverts class and gender expectations, positioning the female protagonist Gossette as the rescuer of the falsely‑accused Philippe de Savières, working to clear his name.