Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)

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:

When Professor Marchand, a famous scientist, mysteriously disappears, the commissioner, Juve, immediately suspects Fantomas.

Plot Keywords:

Scientific Conference | Abduction | Masked Villain | Rome Italy | Party Invitation

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:

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)

Trivia:

The parachute sequence at the end of the movie was the first of its kind filmed in a big screen format. Photography was done in free fall by camera operator Jean-Jacques Dubourg. Interestingly enough, the opening sequence of the James Bond movie Moonraker (1979) is in many regards very similar to this scene, which is all the more worth mentioning as the De Funès / Marais Fantômas series is widely regarded as a Bond spoof.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Juve falls out of the plane near the end of the movie, he is very obviously played by a stunt double; moreover, the double wears badly concealed parachute packs on back and belly.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Aniskin i Fantomas (1974) (TV)

FANTOMAS STRIKES BACK (Andre' Hunebelle, 1965) **1/2

This one is actually superior to the first installment in the series (see above): the plot revolves around a couple of scientists who have each been working on a brain-washing device(!) and who had been hoping to unite their forces in order to perfect it - which places it, more or less, into the realm of science fiction; needless to say, Fantomas sees this as a good way to bring about world-domination (with him as its ruler) and promptly kidnaps them!

The heroic reporter couple and the comic police duo are back on the criminal's trail; however, this time around it's not only Fantomas who takes up various disguises to carry out his nefarious schemes (though the mask worn by the actor is too obvious and won't fool any audience member!) but also the other Jean Marais and De Funes/Juve!; another novelty is the more personal nature of the relationship between the Mylene Demongeot character and Marais/Fantomas: at one point, she's herself kidnapped and one almost expects their relationship to be developed into something approximating to a parallel romance, but it's never taken that far and we're soon back to more familiar (and less challenging) ground!

The finale takes place in Fantomas' volcanic hide-out; interestingly, footage from Haroun Tazieff's LES RENDEZ-VOUS DU DIABLE (1958) - a documentary about volcanic eruptions - was interspersed into the actual film for authenticity's sake...before it reverts to fancy, with the master criminal's racing-car converted instantaneously into a jet and taking flight!!