From the outset, we are immersed in the action.
Fantômas takes off his mask… The assembly is overwhelmed with fear, and “the Emperor of crime” declares in the voice of Raymond Pellegrin a
“Gentlemen, I salute you!”
as if from beyond the grave.
Petulant commissioner Juve
Documentary filmmaker Dimitri Kourtchine (
Frank Capra, Once Upon a Time in America
, or
Rocky IV. The brass knuckles
) knew how to take care of the entry into the scene of this literary villain created in 1911 by the tandem of journalists Souvestre and Allain , which has since become a representation of the absolute villain.
The excerpt dates from 1967. French audiences enjoyed the third adaptation of Fantômas by André Hunebelle,
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
, still with Jean Marais in the double
role of Fantômas-Fandor, Mylène Demongeot in that of Hélène and Louis de Funès eternal petulant commissioner Juve.
Fantômas, "evil genius"
In the heart of this post-war France, that of the 1960s, of the growth and discovery of the consumer society, Fantômas triumphs and these…
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