The Face at the Window is a 1919 Australian silent film about a master criminal and serial killer sought by the police.
It was based on the popular 1897 play that opened to positive reviews and remained a stage hit for three decades.
[2][3] The play's success led to its being adapted several times as a film, this Australian production being the first.
[2] In Paris, a thief and murderer known as "Le Loup" (actually Lucio Delgrade) hides his identity behind a mask and howls before he kills his victims.
However, the detective is temporarily revived from the dead through a scientific device invented by a mad doctor and his reanimated hand is just able to write the name of Le Loup's real identity.