On his return to civilian life in October 1918, the young Dr Giorgio
Volli immediately sets about looking for a group of children he took
care of before the war. His tortuous investigation finally takes
him to an old orphanage, where he is appalled to discover that every
one of the children is dead, having drowned in the swamps nearby.
It would seem that the unfortunate children were driven to their deaths
by the wolves that inhabit the countryside around the orphanage.
Then Volli falls under the spell of the mysterious Catherine...
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.