Fantômas (1932 film)
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]
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Directed by | Pál Fejös |
Produced by | Pierre Braunberger Roger Richebé |
Written by | Marcel Allain (novel) Pierre Souvestre (novel) Anne Mauclair Pál Fejös |
Starring | Jean Galland Tania Fédor Thomy Bourdelle Jean Worms |
Cinematography | Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Denise Batcheff |
Production company | Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé |
Distributed by | Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé |
Release date | 20 May 1932 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Cast
- Jean Galland as Fantômas / Étienne Rambert
- Tania Fédor as Lady Beltham
- Thomy Bourdelle as Inspector Juve
- Jean Worms as Lord Beltham
- Georges Rigaud as Charles Rambert
- Anielka Elter as la princesse Sonia Davidoff
- Marie-Laure as la marquise de Langrune
- Gaston Modot as Firmin, le valet de la marquise
- Roger Karl as Bonnet, le président de tribunal
- Maurice Schutz as l'abbé Sicot
- Philippe Richard as Michel, l'adjoint de Juve
- Georges Mauloy as le professeur Gabriel
- Paul Azaïs as le mécano
References
- Hardy p.125
Bibliography
- Hardy, Phil (ed.) The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.
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