Three sailors on a day of shore leave in new york city look for fun and. It was frances answer, in 1964, to the james bond phenomenon that. The fantomas films the 1914 french silent film serial. Between 19 and 1914, french director louis feuillade turned out five fastpaced melodramas based upon the. Fantomas against fantomas 1949, directed by robert vernay, with maurice teynac as fantomas. Roughly, the 32novel cycle can be split in half or perhaps twothirds and onethird. Aug 19, 2010 based on the phenomenally popular french pulp novellas, louis feuillades outrageous, ambitious fantomas seri. Fantomas contre fantomas is a 1949 french mystery thriller film directed by robert vernay and starring marcelle chantal, aime clariond and alexandre rignault.
The daughter of fantomas is the first english translation of a pivotal novel that drops tantalizing hints about the archfiends origins in the boer war and introduces a major character, helene, the masterminds offspring. See more ideas about movie posters, novel genres and kickass. Fsk trailer fsk ab 6 freigegeben fantomas gegen interpol. Jules munshin in on the town 1949 gene kelly and veraellen in on the town. Fantomas, a hooded fiend is wanted by the police, who despite seemingly powerless to catch him make a valiant effort to do so. Feuillade is highly praised among film critics for the fantastic realism of his crime serials, among which fantomas and les vampires are the best remembered. In the second installment of the parodic fantomas series, the title arch criminal and master of disguise kidnaps prominent scientist prof. Fantomas contre scotland yard legendas 42 legendas. Before the actual credits the film opens with an embossed card on a silver dish.
Fantomas 1964 after seeing an erroneous article about himself, a crook impersonates the offending newsman for his next crime spree. Thats why i love watching old french movies even if there are not masterpieces. In one fantomas film, juve seizes fantomas at a restaurant, only to find himself hold a pair of fake armsthe. Whilst juve languishes in a prison cell, his friend, the journalist fandor, attempts to clear his name by tracking the real fantomas. Writing about mid1950s scifi films, the british critic raymond. Feuillade 18731925, a rightwing catholic, switched in 1906 from writing for the french royalist press to churning out screenplays at gaumont, where he became head of production. This movie is the first in a trilogy that parodied the popular silent fantomas serials of director louis feuillade, which followed the adventures of the titular master criminal created by writers.
He shrugs at the night manager, gets the key to the front door, lets himself out, and silhouetted in ms in the opaque glass, relocks the door and, in a final exterior shot, strides off in triumph. It portrays the fictional master criminal fantomas, who has had numerous films depicting his adventures. Long before the bond villains craving world domination fantomas was a criminal genius and ruthless psychopath with say the least bizarre methods in his criminal career. Continuing the battle of wits between our detective and criminal leads, juve against fantomas proves to be a solid follow up to the first movie in the fantomas series. It portrays the fictional master criminal fantomas, who has had numerous films depicting his adventures the films sets were designed by the art director raymond gabutti. Ive not seen the earlier 3 chapters and get the impression the series are closer to serial chapters than stand alone films. It breaks down into five films in the shadow of the guillotine, juvevsfantomas, the murderous corpse, fantomasvsfantomas, the false magistrate and runs for over 5 12 hours. Ara osterweil on kenneth angers fireworks 1947 artforum.
He would have much preferred to do a new version of fantomas. Entering from a secret panel, fantomas strangles an old lady, then disappears into the night. Appartiene al filone cinematografico ispirato al personaggio di fantomas dei romanzi di pierre souvestre e marcel allain, uno dei piu celebri cattivi della letteratura francese del novecento, e fu il primo di tre film su questo personaggio diretti da hunebelle. Among them is lord beltham who also came to bring her a significant sum of money. After the tremendous popular success of the fantomas novels, both of the major french film studiospathe and gaumontvied for the rights to produce films based on the series. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance. Famous but unlucky pursuers of fantomas from france go to weird scotland for a.
Bertrand was fourthbilled in the previous two movies as his character has a lot of. Inspector juve and his reporter friend fandor set out to find the truth. Fantomas contre scotland yard is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring jean marais. With thomy bourdelle, tania fedor, jean worms, george rigaud. He feels far more sinister than i would have expected from a film in 19. He achieved a scandalous celebrity with blood of the beasts 1949, his. Interested in bringing fantomas to your school or library.
Jan 25, 2017 the criminal history of fantomas, frances favorite fictional villain. He did not make a feature film until head against the wall, in 1958, thus finding. Juve contre fantomas juve against fantomas 19 rotten. After his failed attempts to capture the ruthless crook and murderer fantomas, inspector juve becomes the victim of a virulent press campaign which accuses him of being fantomas himself. In the film juve teams up with journalist fandor, also played by marais, trying to catch fantomas but never quite succeeding. Fantomas 1947 super film complet en francais hd 1080. With even more intricate plans and more explosive confrontations, this entry certainly ups the ante over its predecessor and is as well presented too. Perhaps the best scenes of the film is the extended setpiece at the climax in which fantomas utilizes five separate means of transportation train, car, motorbike, boat, submarine in order to escape the clutches of the law successfully. The finale of the fantomas thriller series, it has people trailed all over belgium, a bizarre scene in a belfry, and a offthewall. A hooded killer is afoot in an old chateau on a stormy night. Classic western movie, full length western, cowboy film, english.
The book is extremely fastpaced and features bizarre acts of villainy such as the unleashing of bubonic plague on an ocean. Chaleck alias fantomas gets into a taxi, shadowed by juve and fandor who follow in another cab. I came to this one after checking out what was made in 1914 for my current project to watch a film from every year of cinema. Two remakesupdates of the fantomas films were produced in france shortly after the end of world war ii fantomas, 1946, directed by jean sacha, and fantomas against fantomas, 1949, directed by robert vernay. Sep 05, 2012 watch fantomas on itunes and amazon mysterious fantomas is terrorizing france.
Scotland yard 1967 pelicula completa ver y descargar. Clip from a fantomas movie, very weird this feature is not available right now. Its certainly interesting to see the depths of fantomas evil reveal itself and how it was approached here at the dawn of widespread commercial cinema. He is enraged when they refuse his ultimatum, and determines to terrorize the city into submitting to his demands. An american version of the brilliant serial was produced in the. These old movies are documents when shooting on location.
With marcelle chantal, aime clariond, alexandre rignault, robert arnoux. As fantomas fame increases actor valgrand creates the role of public enemy no. With edward roseman, edna murphy, johnnie walker, lionel adams. Fantomas 1946, directed by jean sacha, with marcel herrand as fantomas. It was frances answer, in 1964, to the james bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. Possession 1949 spanish full movie captioned youtube. In 1949, anger submitted fireworks to the festival du film maudit in biarritz, and his filmmaker. Fantomas is available from dover in its original english translation or from penguin in a refreshed 1986 translation. Fantomas film trailer with english subtitles youtube. The secret heart of judex the current the criterion collection. It is full of disguises, surprises, several comic moments, a touch of the supernatural and surprising brutality. Fsk trailer fsk ab 6 freigegeben fantomas trailer deutsch german ot.
The fantomas novels were originally published in paris by artheme fayard monthly from february 1911 to september 19. Like alice in wonderland and the wizard of oz, fireworks pivots on a dream. Monsieur fantomas 1937, directed by ernst moerman is a surrealist silent comedy short subject. The listing below will give the original french titles translations in parentheses, the englishlanguage editions, plus links to film and ebook versions. Master criminal fantomas kills an ambassador, is having an affair with the dead mans wife, sneaks into a rich womans house handing out vanishingink business cards, is caught and sentenced to death but switches with an actor, who goes to the guillotine. Fantomas is a fictional character created by french writers marcel allain 18851969 and pierre souvestre 18741914.
It portrays the fictional master criminal fantomas, who has had numerous films depicting his adventures the film s sets were designed by the art director raymond gabutti. In your opinion which are the best novels of the cycle. The five episodes, initially released throughout 1914, were restored under the direction of jacques champreaux and released in this new form in 2006. One of the most popular characters in the history of french crime fiction, fantomas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by allain alone.
It breaks down into five films in the shadow of the guillotine, juvevs fantomas, the murderous corpse, fantomas vs fantomas, the false magistrate and runs for over 5 12 hours. It is the first film of a trilogy, and fantomas became extremely successful in europe, the soviet union and japan. Juve contre fantomas juve against fantomas photos view all photos 6 movie info. Mais ce breval estil fantomas, ou bien fantomas nestil plus quun cadavre ronge par lacide sulfurique. The mysterious fantomas kills the marquise during the night. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Louis feuillade was chief director for gaumont studios, 19071925. Vengeance valley, starring burt lancaster, is a 1951 american western film directed by richard thorpe, with a supporting cast. Fantomas, a master criminal, offers to give up his life of crime if the authorities promise not to prosecute him for his past crimes. Feuillade 18731925, a rightwing catholic, switched in 1906 from writing for the french royalist press to churning out screenplays at gaumont, where.
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