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French comedy film - Fantomas

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04.11.1964

Fantômas is a 1964 French comedy 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,[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.

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.

Starring

Jean Marais
Louis de Funès
Mylène Demongeot

Directed by André Hunebelle

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.

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    Persons

    Name Born / Since / At Died Languages
    1Mylène DemongeotMylène Demongeot29.09.193501.12.2022de, en, fr, lt, lv, pl, ru, se, ua
    2Татьяна КонюховаТатьяна Конюхова12.11.193102.04.2024ru
    3Rémy  JulienneRémy Julienne17.04.193021.01.2021de, en, fr, lv, ru
    4Dominique ZardiDominique Zardi02.03.193013.12.2009de, en, fr, lv, ru
    5Jacques  DynamJacques Dynam30.12.192312.11.2004de, en, fr, pl, ru
    6Louis de FunèsLouis de Funès31.07.191427.01.1983de, ee, en, fr, lt, lv, ru, se
    7Jean MaraisJean Marais11.12.191308.11.1998de, en, fr, lv, pl, ru
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