The Dead Man Who Killed (1913)
"Le mort qui tue" (original title)

After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantomas finally be brought to justice?

Director:

Louis Feuillade

Writers:

Marcel Allain (novel), Louis Feuillade,

Stars:

René Navarre, Georges Melchior, Luitz-Morat

Cast

Credited cast:
René Navarre	...	Fantômas / le banquier Nateuil
Georges Melchior	...	Jérôme Fandor
Luitz-Morat	...	Thomery
André Luguet	...	Jacques Dollon
Naudier	...	Le gardien Nibet
Renée Carl	...	Lady Beltham
Fabienne Fabrèges	...	Elisabeth Dollon
Jane Faber	...	La princesse Danidoff
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edmond Bréon	...	Inspector Juve

Storyline

After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantomas finally be brought to justice?

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Plot Keywords:

criminal mastermind | murder | back from the dead | master criminal | arch villain | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

March 1914 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Dead Man Who Killed

Company Credits

Production Co:

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Juve Against Fantomas (1913)

User Reviews

This is it!

By far the best episode in Feuillade's extravaganza.It features a very strong screenplay which does not fall apart in the first reel.The longest (at a running time of about 90 min) episode,it delivers the goods.All the characters are present :besides the usual suspects (Fandor,Fantomas,Juve),the movie features Lady Beltham,Sonia Danidoff,the false warden and the dregs of society with a lot of shady characters who seem to come from Eugène Sue's "Les Mysteres de Paris" . The story is extremely well told and I really think that if one of the five segments can grab today's audience ,it is this one.It's so absorbing and so fascinating it can be watched independently of the others.

A young painter is falsely accused of murder.He is killed in his cell,but his corpse disappears and when a crime or a theft is committed,the Police find his fingerprints in the place.(Hence the title: the killing corpse)

It will not surprise anyone,Souvestre/Allain's novel was their best too,even superior to their first effort the first part of which was not transferred to the screen,which was really a pity.It did include a love affair between Fandor and Elisabeth Dollon :they had even planned to get married but finally the girl discovered Fandor's secret ( his real name was Charles Rambert and in the past...) and their break up was inevitable. In the movie Fandor is only an attentive escort and there's not a single kiss ,even on the cheek.

Juve goes underground and is absent for most of the movie.In the two last episodes his appearances would be even shorter.