Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirates

Film Forum

An amazing story focusing on a cross-dressing woman who, in disguise, appears as the daring thief Filibus, the Baroness Troixmond, and Count de la Brive. Lowered from her dirigible in a gondola by a support crew, Filibus steals from the rich and confounds the police, now targeting the huge diamond eyes of an ancient Egyptian statue while framing famed Detective Kutt-Hendy. Sedatives, faked fingerprints, a kidnapping, and a romance all contribute to the clever twists and turns.