The book is extremely fastpaced and features bizarre acts of villainy such as the unleashing of bubonic plague on an ocean. Thats why i love watching old french movies even if there are not masterpieces. These old movies are documents when shooting on location. Like alice in wonderland and the wizard of oz, fireworks pivots on a dream. In your opinion which are the best novels of the cycle. Chaleck alias fantomas gets into a taxi, shadowed by juve and fandor who follow in another cab. Between 19 and 1914, french director louis feuillade turned out five fastpaced melodramas based upon the. 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. Ara osterweil on kenneth angers fireworks 1947 artforum. Marchand in order to develop a new powerful weapon to. Jan 25, 2017 the criminal history of fantomas, frances favorite fictional villain.
Scotland yard 1967 pelicula completa ver y descargar. See more ideas about movie posters, novel genres and kickass. Fantomas 1947 super film complet en francais hd 1080. Fsk trailer fsk ab 6 freigegeben fantomas trailer deutsch german ot. Before the actual credits the film opens with an embossed card on a silver dish. Clip from a fantomas movie, very weird this feature is not available right now. Jules munshin in on the town 1949 gene kelly and veraellen in on the town. A hooded killer is afoot in an old chateau on a stormy night.
Louis feuillade was chief director for gaumont studios, 19071925. An american version of the brilliant serial was produced in the. Fantomas is a fictional character created by french writers marcel allain 18851969 and pierre souvestre 18741914. It is the first film of a trilogy, and fantomas became extremely successful in europe, the soviet union and japan. The finale of the fantomas thriller series, it has people trailed all over belgium, a bizarre scene in a belfry, and a offthewall. Dover retains the original gino sterace cover art showing the bloodied dagger in fantomas hand whilst penguin opts for the more common reproduction without a dagger. Aug 19, 2010 based on the phenomenally popular french pulp novellas, louis feuillades outrageous, ambitious fantomas seri. The secret heart of judex the current the criterion collection. 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. Jul, 2017 fantomas ist eine franzosische kriminalkomodie des regisseurs andre hunebelle aus dem jahr 1964. The listing below will give the original french titles translations in parentheses, the englishlanguage editions, plus links to film and ebook versions. With helmut berger, jacques dufilho, pierre malet, gayle hunnicutt.
With marcelle chantal, aime clariond, alexandre rignault, robert arnoux. The mysterious fantomas kills the marquise during the night. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance. Fantomas film trailer with english subtitles youtube. Now the film cuts back to the princess who examines the blank card once moreand, in ecu, the name of fantomas dissolves in, in sharp block letters. As fantomas fame increases actor valgrand creates the role of public enemy no. Whilst juve languishes in a prison cell, his friend, the journalist fandor, attempts to clear his name by tracking the real fantomas. 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. Scotland yard march 16, 1967 in the third and final episode of the trilogy, fantomas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply. He would have much preferred to do a new version of fantomas. It was frances answer, in 1964, to the james bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. 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. Fantomas against fantomas 1949, directed by robert vernay, with maurice teynac as fantomas.
Bertrand was fourthbilled in the previous two movies as his character has a lot of. Entering from a secret panel, fantomas strangles an old lady, then disappears into the night. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. In souvestre and allains novel, valgrand is actually executed in the place of gurn, while in feuillades film version juve discovers the switch just before the execution. Starting in an old dark house where the story of fantomas is recounted by one of the guests this movie shoots through the old dark house cliches before zipping off into other areas of crime drama. It is full of disguises, surprises, several comic moments, a touch of the supernatural and surprising brutality. In the second installment of the parodic fantomas series, the title arch criminal and master of disguise kidnaps prominent scientist prof. Mais ce breval estil fantomas, ou bien fantomas nestil plus quun cadavre ronge par lacide sulfurique. 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.
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. Ive not seen the earlier 3 chapters and get the impression the series are closer to serial chapters than stand alone films. The five episodes, initially released throughout 1914, were restored under the direction of jacques champreaux and released in this new form in 2006. With edward roseman, edna murphy, johnnie walker, lionel adams. He did not make a feature film until head against the wall, in 1958, thus finding. 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.
He is enraged when they refuse his ultimatum, and determines to terrorize the city into submitting to his demands. Sep 05, 2012 watch fantomas on itunes and amazon mysterious fantomas is terrorizing france. 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. Fantomas, a master criminal, offers to give up his life of crime if the authorities promise not to prosecute him for his past crimes. Fantomas contre scotland yard is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring jean marais. Inspector juve and his reporter friend fandor set out to find the truth.
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. He feels far more sinister than i would have expected from a film in 19. Roughly, the 32novel cycle can be split in half or perhaps twothirds and onethird. When they try to call the police, the phone wire is cut. 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. It was frances answer, in 1964, to the james bond phenomenon that. 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. Feuillade 18731925, a rightwing catholic, switched in 1906 from writing for the french royalist press to churning out screenplays at gaumont, where.
Fantomas 1964 after seeing an erroneous article about himself, a crook impersonates the offending newsman for his next crime spree. 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. 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. In one fantomas film, juve seizes fantomas at a restaurant, only to find himself hold a pair of fake armsthe. The fantomas films the 1914 french silent film serial. In the film juve teams up with journalist fandor, also played by marais, trying to catch fantomas but never quite succeeding. Famous but unlucky pursuers of fantomas from france go to weird scotland for a.
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. Fantomas, a hooded fiend is wanted by the police, who despite seemingly powerless to catch him make a valiant effort to do so. Judex and an angela mao ying set on dvd the new york times. Classic western movie, full length western, cowboy film, english. Fsk trailer fsk ab 6 freigegeben fantomas gegen interpol. Writing about mid1950s scifi films, the british critic raymond. Interested in bringing fantomas to your school or library. Fantomas 1946, directed by jean sacha, with marcel herrand as fantomas.
Three sailors on a day of shore leave in new york city look for fun and. Fantomas contre scotland yard legendas 42 legendas. He achieved a scandalous celebrity with blood of the beasts 1949, his. 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. Juve contre fantomas juve against fantomas 19 rotten. Fantomas contre fantomas is a 1949 french mystery thriller film directed by robert vernay and starring marcelle chantal, aime clariond and alexandre rignault. 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.
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. Vengeance valley, starring burt lancaster, is a 1951 american western film directed by richard thorpe, with a supporting cast. Possession 1949 spanish full movie captioned youtube. 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. 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. 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. With even more intricate plans and more explosive confrontations, this entry certainly ups the ante over its predecessor and is as well presented too. The criminal history of fantomas, frances favorite fictional. The fantomas novels were originally published in paris by artheme fayard monthly from february 1911 to september 19. 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. With thomy bourdelle, tania fedor, jean worms, george rigaud.
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