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Fantomas Unleashed

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08.12.1965

Fantômas se déchaîne,( English: Fantomas Unleashed) is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was France's answer, with the Fantômas trilogy starting in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the second in the trilogy of Fantômas films, that became extremely successful in Europe and Soviet Union and found success even in the United States and Japan. In this episode Jean Marais also plays professor Lefebvre.

Starring

Jean Marais
Louis de Funès
Mylène Demongeot

Directed by

André Hunebelle
Haroun Tazieff

Plot

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre. Journalist Fandor develops an ingenious scheme whereby he disguises himself as Lefebvre and attends a scientific conference in Rome, Italy to lure Fantômas into attempting to kidnap him.

The plan seems to work until commissaire Juve steps into the fray and as usual messes things up, although Juve redeems himself by saving the troupe with an array of special gadgets which he has developed especially for his hunt for Fantômas. Yet, once again Fantômas escapes in style, using his Citroën DS with retractable wings that converts into an airplane in what amounts to one of the most unexpected and spectacular scenes of the genre.

Release

The film premiered in France on 8 December 1965.

It was the sixth most popular film of 1965 in France, after The SuckerGoldfingerThunderballGendarme in New York and Mary Poppins and before God's Thunder and The Wise Guys

It had admissions of 4,412,446.

The Fantômas trilogy

Fantômas - 4 November 1964 

Fantômas se déchaîne - 8 December 1965 

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard - 16 March 1967

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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
    5Raymond PellegrinRaymond Pellegrin01.01.192514.10.2007de, en, fr
    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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