Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)

01/21/2022 (FR) • Documentary, History, TV Movie • 53m

Overview

The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Moscow.

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)

01/21/2022 (FR) • 53m

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Overview

The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Moscow.

Top Billed Cast

Féodor Atkine

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain

Self - Narrator (voice)

Matthieu Letourneux

Self

Mylène Demongeot

Self

Jean-Marc Lalanne

Self

Loïc Artiaga

Self

Andrey Shary

Self

Jan Kounen

Self

André Hunebelle

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cinema on cinema

pop culture

documentary filmmaking

cinema history

masked villain

silent cinema

mystery villain

popular character

based on short film

based on tv series

literature history

french literature

documentary film

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