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Im Frankreich des 18. Jahrhunderts werden der Chevalier de Fronsac und seine amerikanische Freundin Mani vom König in die Provinz Gevaudan geschickt, um die Morde an Hunderten von Menschen durch ein mysteriöses Tier zu untersuchen.

Berühmte, aber unglückliche Verfolger von Fantomas aus Frankreich begeben sich ins unheimliche Schottland zu einem letzten Versuch, den frechen Verbrecher vor Gericht zu bringen.

Under the Regency of Philippe d'Orleans, Cartouche sees his bride murdered by La Reynie, the future chief of police. Eight years later, Cartouche has become a Robin-Hood-like character loved by the people and a cause of concern to the powerful. Along with his entourage (La Guigne, Timour, Isabelle and the Marquis), he becomes a legend by distributing to the poor part of the booty taken from the nobility. One day he attacks the leutenant-general of police, Minister d'Argenson, then the Regent himself, who vows to make him pay. Meanwhile, Juliette, the fiancee of d'Argenson and the sister of La Reynie, sees the good work of Cartouche and starts to help him secretly. Loosely based on the life of Louis Dominique Garthausen (1693 - 1721), also known as Cartouche, an eighteenth century French highwayman who reportedly stole from the rich and gave to the poor in and around Paris.

Paris 1925. Homely Bénédict Masson pines over engaged neighbor Christine, who secretly loves the mysterious and handsome Gabriel. Gothic French horror romance where Quasimodo meets Frankenstein, meets Wuthering Heights and even Dracula.