Fantômas is a 1932 French crime film directed by Pál Fejös and starring Jean Galland, Tania Fédor and Thomy Bourdelle. It features the popular pulp character Fantômas, a supercriminal, and his nemesis Inspector Juve. It was loosely based on the original Fantômas novel by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The film was one of a number of Fantômas adaptations made during the 20th century.[1]

Fantômas
Directed byPál Fejös
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeverell Marley
Edited byDenise Batcheff
Production
company
Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
Distributed byLes Établissements Braunberger-Richebé
Release date
20 May 1932
Running time
91 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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References edit

  1. ^ Hardy p.125

Bibliography edit

  • Hardy, Phil (ed.) The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.

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