Main Cast: Jean Marais, Jean Marais, Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam, Robert Dalban
Release Year: 1965
Country: IT/FR
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot
In the second installment of the parodic Fantomas series, the title arch criminal and master of disguise kidnaps prominent scientist Prof. Marchand in order to develop a new powerful weapon to threaten the world. Fantomas is also planning to kidnap another scientist, Prof. Lefebvre. Journalist Fandor (Jean Marais, who also plays Fantomas and Prof. Lefebvre) decides to set a trap for the elusive villain. He disguises himself as Lefebvre and attends a scientific conference in Rome expecting Fantomas to kidnap him. As always, Fandor's ingenious plan backfires due to the interference of the bumbling police commissioner Juve (Louis de Funès). ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
Henri Attal; Florence Blot; Arturo Dominici; Mino Doro; Robert Le Beal; Jacques Marin; Pietro Tordi; Dominique Zardi; Yvan Chiffre; Jean Michaud; Max Montavon
Credit
Renzo Cerrato - First Assistant Director, André Hunebelle - Director, Jean Feyte - Editor, Michel Magne - Composer (Music Score), René Daudin - Makeup, Raymond LeMoigne - Cinematographer, Alain Poiré - Producer, Paul Cadeac - Producer, Max Douy - Set Designer, Gil Delamare - Special Effects, Jean Halain - Screenwriter, Pierre Foucauld - Screenwriter
Fantômas se déchaîne (English: "Fantomas Strikes Back", or "The Vengeance of Fantomas") is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was France's answer, with the Fantômas trilogy starting in 1964, to the James Bond phenomenon that swept the world at around the same time. It is the second in the trilogy of Fantômas films that became extremely successful in Europe and found success even in the United States and Japan where fan websites exist to this day.[1] In this episode Jean Marais also plays professor Lefebvre.
Les Nouvelles Aventures de Fantômas (The New Adventures of Fantômas)
Synopsis
In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre. Journalist Fandor develops an ingenious scheme whereby he disguises himself as Lefebvre and attends a scientific conference in Rome, Italy to lure Fantômas into attempting to kidnap him. The plan seems to work until commissaire Juve steps into the fray and as usual messes things up. Fantômas escapes in style using his Citroën DS with retractable wings that converts into an airplane in what amounts to one of the most unexpected and spectacular scenes of the genre.[2]
