Fantômas

Nov 4 1964 Not Rated 1h 40m
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

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.

Plot

Criminal mastermind Fantômas, a man of a thousand faces, is unhappy with Fandor, a journalist who's written a fictive interview of him. He kidnaps Fandor, threatens to kill him, but first goes about ruining the journalist's reputation by committing a sensational crime in Fandor's guise. Hot on the trail is police Commissaire Juve, so Fantômas commits a crime looking like him. Soon, our intrepid heroes, Fandor and Juve, with the help of Fandor's girlfriend Hélène, are on the mastermind's trail, but who's in control?

Written by

Pierre Souvestre, Marcel Allain, Jean Halain

Directed by

André Hunebelle

Production Countries

Italy, France

Production Companies

P.C.M. FIlm, Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), P.A.C.

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
12,756
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA