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Fantômas (French pronunciation: ​[fɑ̃tomas]) is a 1964 French comedy film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain 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,[2] 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.[3]

Fantômas
Theatrical poster
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
Music by	Michel Magne
Production company	Gaumont
Release dates	4 November 1964 (France) 5 April 1966 (U.S.) 9 April 1965 (Finland) 27 May 1966 (West Germany) 23 December 1973 (East Germany)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$33.7 million[1]

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.

Cast

Actor	Character
Jean Marais	Fantômas / Fandor
Louis de Funès	Commissaire Juve
Mylène Demongeot	Hélène Gurn
Jacques Dynam	Bertrand
Marie-Hélène Arnaud	Lady Beltham

Release

The film was released in France on 4 November 1964 and in the United States on 5 April 1966.

The Fantômas trilogy

Title	Release date
Fantômas	4 November 1964
Fantômas se déchaîne	8 December 1965
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard	16 March 1967

Reception

The film was the fifth most popular movie at the French box office in 1964.[1] It had admissions of 4,492,419.[4]

References

External links

• Fantômas at IMDb
• Fantômas at AllMovie

На других языках

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- [en] Fantômas (1964 film)

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[ru] Фантомас (фильм, 1964)

«Фантома́с» (фр. Fantômas) — франко-итальянская приключенческая кинокомедия 1964 года режиссёра Андре Юнебеля, пародия на романы Пьера Сувестра и Марселя Аллена, а также серию фильмов о Джеймсе Бонде. Фильм является первой частью трилогии о приключениях преступника Фантомаса и его противников — комиссара Жюва и журналиста Фандора. Книги из серии о Фантомасе привлекали внимание не только любителей бульварных романов, но и представителей культурной и интеллектуальной элиты, в частности сюрреалистов и их окружение. Популяризации образа Фантомаса способствовали его экранные воплощения, а о возможности снять свои версии задумывались крупные кинематографисты. Трилогия Юнебеля — пятая по счёту французская адаптация произведений о Фантомасе.

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