Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

André Hunebelle

Writers:

Pierre Souvestre (novels) &
Marcel Allain (novels) ...
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Release Date:

8 December 1965 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy

Tagline:

Les Nouvelles Aventures de Fantomas

Plot:

Quand le professeur Marchand, un célèbre scientifique, disparaît mystérieusement, le commissaire Juve soupçonne tout de suite Fantomas...

Plot Keywords:

Taxi | Mask | Secret Headquarters | Journalist | News Photographer

Cast

Jean Marais	...	Fantômas / Fandor / Professeur Lefèvre
Louis de Funès	...	Commissaire Juve
Mylène Demongeot	...	Hélène
Jacques Dynam	...	Bertrand
Robert Dalban	...	Le rédacteur du 'Point du Jour'
Albert Dagnant	...	Professeur Marchard
Christian Toma	...	Inspecteur
Michel Duplaix	...	Un inspecteur
Olivier De Funès	...	Michou
Florence Blot	...	La dame
Robert Le Béal	...	Le ministre
Pietro Tordi	...	Le président de l'Assemblée
Henri Attal	...	Le garde de Fantômas (as Henri Atal)
Dominique Zardi	...	Homme de main
Jacques Marin	...	L'agent de police ferroviaire
Max Montavon	...	Le surveillant de l'institut
Jean Michaud	...	Le directeur de la clinique psychiatrique
Mino Doro	...	Le professeur suisse
Yvan Chiffre	...	Un homme de Fantômas
Eric Vasberg	...	Le faux huissier
Antoine Baud	...	Un homme de Fantômas
André Cagnard	...	Un homme de Fantômas
Arturo Dominici	...	Le professeur canadien
Bob Morel	...	L'homme hypnotisé
Antoine Marin	...	Un inspecteur
Bob Lerick	...	Un inspecteur
Pierre Palfray	...	L'homme de Fantômas
Albert Daumergue	...	Le serveur du wagon-restaurant
Gérard Moisan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philippe Castelli	...	L'inspecteur en retard (uncredited)
Roger Lumont	...	Un inspecteur (uncredited)
Raymond Pellegrin	...	Fantômas (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
André Hunebelle

Writing credits
Pierre Souvestre		(novels) &
Marcel Allain		(novels)
Jean Halain		(adaptation) and
Pierre Foucaud		(adaptation)
Jean Halain		(dialogue)

Produced by
Paul Cadéac	....	producteur délégué
Alain Poiré	....	producteur délégué

Original Music by
Michel Magne

Cinematography by
Raymond Pierre Lemoigne		(as Raymond Lemoigne)

Film Editing by
Jean Feyte

Set Decoration by
Max Douy

Costume Design by
Mireille Leydet

Makeup Department
René Daudin	....	makeup artist
Denise Lemoigne	....	hair stylist
Anatole Paris	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Cyril Grize	....	production manager
Paule Pastier	....	unit manager
Luciano Pesciaroli	....	production manager: Italy
Giorgio Riganti	....	production manager: Italy

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jacques Besnard	....	second unit director
Renzo Cerrato	....	first assistant director
Jean-Pierre Desagnat	....	first assistant director
Michel Lang	....	assistant director
Patrick Saglio	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jacques Douy	....	assistant art director
Jean Forestier	....	assistant art director
André Labussière	....	set dresser
Henri Sonois	....	assistant art director
Raymond Tournon	....	maquettiste

Sound Department
René-Christian Forget	....	sound (as René C. Forget)
Jean Jak	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Gérard Cogan	....	special effects
Gil Delamare	....	special effects
François Sune	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Benezech	....	camera operator
Roger Corbeau	....	still photographer
Roger Delpuech	....	camera operator
Jean-Jacques Dubourg	....	camera operator: parachute sequence
Michel Lebon	....	camera operator
Bernard Noisette	....	camera operator
Henri Raichi	....	camera operator: second unit
Yves Agostini	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jacques Heim	....	gown: 'Mille et une nuits', Mylène Demongeot
Ginette Manzon	....	costumer
Jo Ranzatto	....	costumer (as Jo Ranzato)

Editorial Department
Colette Lambert	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Paulette Andrieux	....	unit publicist
Ginette Bodin	....	production secretary
Marie-Thérèse Cabon	....	script supervisor: second unit
Claude Carlie	....	fight director
Maurice Cottrant	....	accountant
Charlotte Lefèvre	....	script supervisor
Georges Martin-Cocher	....	accountant
Gille Schneider	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
• P.A.C.
• Da Ma Produzione
• Victory Film
• Story Film

Distributors

• Gaumont-France Distribution (1965) (France) (theatrical)
• Compton Film Distributors (UK)
• Sherlock Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Fantômas contre Interpol (France) (working title)
Fantômas revient (France) (working title)
Fantomas Strikes Back
Fantomas minaccia il mondo (Italy)
The Vengeance of Fantomas

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | UK:U | West Germany:12 | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company:

Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)

Goofs:

Continuity: The character (played by Jacques Dynam) of the main lieutenant of Comissaire Juve changes name between "Fantômas" (1964) - where he's called Michel, and "Fantômas se déchaîne" (1965) - where he's going by the first name Bertrand.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Aniskin i Fantomas (1974) (TV)

James Bondesque comedy

This episode is definitely the more entertaining of the series starring de Funès and Jean Marais. After the rather flat Fantômas (1964) and before a weird #3 where the evil genius becomes a base racketeer who occasionally kills a Lord in a Scottish manor, Fantômas se déchaîne is well packed with action and fun.

OK the directing is pretty lame and you'd better discovering this movie as a child since an over-the-top De Funès with all the James Bond toolkit spoofing can't make up for all the lack of rhythm. On the whole De Funès and Jean Marais are perfect to make the whole thing work throughout that good model of what was and is lacklustre yet popular French cinema.