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'''''Fantômas''''' |
'''''Fantômas''''' is a [[1913 in film|1913]] [[crime film|crime]] [[film serial]] directed by [[Louis Feuillade]], based on the series of novels of the [[Fantômas|same name]]. <ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/Fantomas1913.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Fantômas |accessdate=2008-02-23|work=Silent Era}}</ref> |
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It is composed of five "chapters," each being roughly an hour in length, much in the manner of the [[Star Wars]] films. Each film is further divided into three or four parts, but the films were shown at their feature length. The long films end in cliffhangers of the classic sort, i.e., the end of the second movie has Fantomas blowing up Lady Beltham's manor house, with Juve and Fandor, the two heroes, still inside; the interior sub-divisons do not. |
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The five chapters, with their sub-divisions, are: |
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* 1. Fantômas (Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine) (1913) |
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1. Le vol du Royal Palace Hotel (The Theft at the Royal Palace Hotel) |
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2. La disparation de Lord beltham (The Disappearance of Lord Beltham) |
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3. Autour l'echafaud (By the Guillotine) |
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* 2. Juve Contre Fantômas (Juve vs. Fantômas)(1913) |
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1. La catastrophe de Sim[;ar-Express (Disaster on the Simplar Express) |
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2. Au "Crocodile" (At the Crocodile) |
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3. La Villa hante´e (The Haunted Villa) |
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4. L'Homme noir (The Man in Black) |
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* 3. Le Mort Qui Tue (The Murderous Corpse)(1913) |
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* 4. Fantômas contre Fantômas (Fantômas vs. Fantômas)(1914) |
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* 5. Le Faux Magistrat (The False Magistrate) (1914) |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* [[René Navarre]] - Fantômas / Gurn |
* [[René Navarre]] - Fantômas / Gurn |
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* [[Edmund Breon]] - Le policier Juve / Inspector Juve |
* [[Edmund Breon]] - Le policier Juve / Inspector Juve |
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* [[Georges Melchior]] - Jérôme Fandor, journaliste à 'La Capitale' |
* [[Georges Melchior]] - Jérôme Fandor, journaliste à 'La Capitale' (reporter for the Capital newspaper) |
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* [[Renée Carl]] - Lady Beltham, maîtresse de Fantômas |
* [[Renée Carl]] - Lady Beltham, maîtresse de Fantômas |
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* Jane Faber - Princesse Danidoff |
* Jane Faber - Princesse Danidoff |
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Revision as of 01:08, 19 April 2009
| Fantômas | |
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| Directed by | Louis Feuillade |
| Written by | Marcel Allain Louis Feuillade Pierre Souvestre |
| Produced by | Romeo Bosetti |
| Starring | René Navarre Edmund Breon |
| Cinematography | Georges Guérin |
Release dates | 9 May, 1913 |
Running time | 3 episodes (54 minutes) |
| Country |  France |
| Languages | Silent French intertitles |
Fantômas is a 1913 crime film serial directed by Louis Feuillade, based on the series of novels of the same name. [1]
It is composed of five "chapters," each being roughly an hour in length, much in the manner of the Star Wars films. Each film is further divided into three or four parts, but the films were shown at their feature length. The long films end in cliffhangers of the classic sort, i.e., the end of the second movie has Fantomas blowing up Lady Beltham's manor house, with Juve and Fandor, the two heroes, still inside; the interior sub-divisons do not.
The five chapters, with their sub-divisions, are:
* 1. Fantômas (Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine) (1913)
1. Le vol du Royal Palace Hotel (The Theft at the Royal Palace Hotel)
2. La disparation de Lord beltham (The Disappearance of Lord Beltham)
3. Autour l'echafaud (By the Guillotine)
* 2. Juve Contre Fantômas (Juve vs. Fantômas)(1913)
1. La catastrophe de Sim[;ar-Express (Disaster on the Simplar Express)
2. Au "Crocodile" (At the Crocodile)
3. La Villa hante´e (The Haunted Villa)
4. L'Homme noir (The Man in Black)
* 3. Le Mort Qui Tue (The Murderous Corpse)(1913)
* 4. Fantômas contre Fantômas (Fantômas vs. Fantômas)(1914)
* 5. Le Faux Magistrat (The False Magistrate) (1914)
Cast
- René Navarre - Fantômas / Gurn
- Edmund Breon - Le policier Juve / Inspector Juve
- Georges Melchior - Jérôme Fandor, journaliste à 'La Capitale' (reporter for the Capital newspaper)
- Renée Carl - Lady Beltham, maîtresse de Fantômas
- Jane Faber - Princesse Danidoff
- Volbert - L'acteur Valgrand
- Naudier - Le gardien Nibet
- Maillard - L'habilleur de Valgrand
- Yvette Andréyor - Josephine
See also
References
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Fantômas". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
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