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6.8Fantômas 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.
Cast
- Jean Marais as Fantômas / Fandor / Lord Shelton / Vieux gardien de la prison
- Louis de Funès as Commissaire Juve
- Mylène Demongeot as Hélène
- Jacques Dynam as Inspecteur Bertrand
- Robert Dalban as Directeur du journal
- Marie-Hélène Arnaud as Lady Beltham
Themes
- mask
- newspaper
- press conference
- police operation
- thief
- fugitive
- disguise
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
13,341 votes
- Year
- 1964
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- Not Rated
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Key facts
- Directed by
- André Hunebelle
- Written by
- Pierre Souvestre (novels) , Marcel Allain (novels) , Jean Halain (screenplay) , Pierre Foucaud (screenplay)
- Produced by
- Paul Cadéac (delegate producer) , Cyril Grize (producer) , Alain Poiré (delegate producer)
- Starring
- Jean Marais , Louis de Funès , Mylène Demongeot
- Cinematography
- Marcel Grignon
- Edited by
- Jean Feyte
- Music by
- Michel Magne
- Production company
- Gaumont
- Distributed by
- Gaumont Distribution
- Release date
- 4 November 1964 ( 1964-11-04 ) (France)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Box office
- $33.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 216312
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- publication date
- 1964-11-04
- title
- Fantômas
- Commons category
- Fantômas
- attendance
- 781774
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Fantômas ( French pronunciation: [fɑ̃tomas]) is a 1964 French comedy film starring Jean Marais as the archvillain Fantômas 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, Japan, and the United States. Mylène Demongeot plays "Hélène Gurn", the girlfriend of "Jérôme Fandor", Fantômas' archenemy. 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.
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