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Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen (Italian: Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen) is a 1968 Italian film directed by Ruggero Deodato. The film was produced by and starred Nicola Mauro Parenti as Fenomenal, a masked superhero who attempts to stop the theft of the mask of Tutankhamun from a museum in Paris.

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen
Directed by	Ruggero Deodato
Screenplay by	Ruggero Deodato Aldo Iginio Capone[1]
Story by	Aldo Iginio Capone[1]
Produced by	Nicola Mauro Parenti
Cinematography	Roberto Reale[1]
Edited by	Luciano Cavalieri[1]
Music by	Bruno Nicolai
Production company	I.C.A.R.[2]
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	1968 (1968) (Italy)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	Italy

Cast

• Nicola Mauro Parenti as Count Guy Norton / Fenomenal
• Lucretia Love as Lucretia Perkins
• Gordon Mitchell as Gregory Falkov
• John Karlsen as Prof. Mickewitz
• Carla Romanelli as Anna Guillaume

Production

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen was directed by Ruggero Deodato under the name of Roger Rockfeller.[3] Deodato later stated on his name choice that he thought ""a rich man's name...so who is a rich guy? Rockfeller!" See, I was as dumb as a rock."[4] Deodato has a cameo in the film as the man who falls off a bicycle.[3] The producer of the film was Nicola Mauro Parenti who also starred in the film as the main character Count Guy Norton and Fenomenal.[1][3] On his acting, Deodato mentioned that he was "too stiff, a dog of an actor; I treated him like shit on the set, but then he called me again for Zenabel."[4] Deodato mentioned that the producer often dealt with people who requested small roles in the film in exchange for funding.[4]

Among the cast is Parenti's wife Lucretia Love.[4] The film was shot in Rome and Paris.[4] While shooting in Paris on the Champs Elysées, while panning across the crowd gathering to see President Charles de Gaulle, among the crowd was Rex Harrison.[4]

Release

Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen was released in Italy in 1968.[1]

Reception

Deodato spoke negatively about the film in later interviews, mentioning in 2008 that he "didn't give a shit about the film."[4]

From retrospective reviews, Roberto Curti described it as "one of the lamest, less remarkable entries in the supercriminal/superherotrend of the late 60s" with a storyline "so confused it is difficult to tell what is going on at times."[3] Curti noted that the best thing about the film was the score by Bruno Nicolai.[4]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1968

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen at IMDb
• Phenomenal and the Treasure of Tutankhamen at Variety Distribution

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