Fantomas (1964 film)
7.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Andre Hunebelle Film series Fantomas trilogy | 7/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Adventure Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 4 November 1964 (France)5 April 1966 (U.S.)9 April 1965 (Finland)27 May 1966 (West Germany)23 December 1973 (East Germany) Writer Pierre Souvestre (novels), Marcel Allain (novels), Jean Halain (screenplay), Pierre Foucaud (screenplay), Jean Halain (dialogue) Characters Fantomas, Inspector Juve, Fandor, Bertrand Cast (Fandor / Fantômas), (Commissaire Juve), (Hélène), Christian Toma (Un inspecteur), (Inspecteur Bertrand), Robert Dalban (Verleger)Similar movies Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol , K-9 , K-9: P.I. , K-911 , Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment , Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Tagline Men Hunt Him Down - Women Look Him Up! Super-Thief ... Master Lover ... He's out to ransack the world! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fantomas 1964 french trailer for andr hunebelle s first entry in the series
Fantômas ([fɑ̃tomas]) is a 1964 French film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Paul Juve. In the film Juve teams up with journalist Fandor, also played by Marais, trying to catch Fantômas but never quite succeeding. It was France's answer, in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the first film of a trilogy, and Fantômas became extremely successful in Europe, the Soviet Union and Japan. It found success even in the United States, where fan websites exist to this day. Mylène Demongeot plays "Hélène Gurn", the girlfriend of "Jérôme Fandor", Fantômas' arch enemy. The general tone of the films is more light-hearted than the original Fantômas novels. Commissaire Juve, as played by Louis de Funès, becomes a comedic character, much unlike his literary counterpart.
Contents
- Fantomas 1964 french trailer for andr hunebelle s first entry in the series
- Breakfast in bed with louis de fun s fantomas 1964
- Plot
- Release
- Reception
- References
Breakfast in bed with louis de fun s fantomas 1964
Plot
Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance. In the first episode of the series he is unhappy with Fandor, because of a fictitious interview the journalist wrote about him. He takes his revenge by abducting Fandor and threatening to kill him. He then uses his formidable makeup skills to commit a spectacular crime while disguised like Fandor. When commissaire Juve joins the chase, chameleon-like Fantômas promptly commits a crime wearing a mask looking like Juve. In the end Fandor, Juve and Fandor's girlfriend Hélène are all on the master criminal's trail, all to no avail as the man of a thousand masks finally manages to escape.
Release
The film was released in France on 4 November 1964 and in the United States on 5 April 1966.
Reception
The film was the fifth most popular movie at the French box office in 1964. It had admissions of 4,492,419.
References
Fantômas (1964 film) WikipediaFantomas (1964 film) IMDb Fantomas (1964 film) themoviedb.org