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FANTÔMAS, the mysterious arch-criminal
who holds Paris in the grip of terror, was
first brought to the screen in this legend-
ary serial by celebrated French cinema
pioneer Louis Feuillade.
The creation of authors Marcel Allain and
Pierre Souvestre, Fantômas perpetrated
the most appalling crimes in 32 hugely
popular pulp novels and became a cult
favourite of the avant-garde, including the
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Feuillade’s serial was one of cinema’s earliest and most strikingly original crime dramas, starring
René Navarre as FANTÔMAS, the master of disguise and leader of a vast army of street thugs,
and Edmond Bréon as his nemesis, Inspector Juve.
Beautifully restored by Gaumont and the Cinematheque Française, the five episodes of Fantô-
mas are among the most fascinating and enthralling silent films ever made.
- Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine
- Juve versus Fantômas
- The Murderous Corpse
- Fantômas versus Fantômas
- The False Judge
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