Fantômas se déchaîne is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais

Jean Marais

-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....

 as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...

 as the earnest but outclassed commissaire

Commissioner

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 Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was France

France

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's answer, with the Fantômas trilogy

Trilogy

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 starting in 1964, to the James Bond

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 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 Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 and found success even in the United States

United States

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 and Japan

Japan

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. In this episode Jean Marais also plays professor Lefebvre.

Plot

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

Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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 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, although Juve redeems himself by saving the troupe with an array of special gadget

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s which he has developed especially for his hunt for Fantômas. Yet, once again Fantômas escapes in style, using his Citroën DS

Citroën DS

The Citroën DS is an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. Styled by Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre, the DS was known for its aerodynamic futuristic body design and innovative...

 with retractable wings that converts into an airplane in what amounts to one of the most unexpected and spectacular scenes of the genre

Genre

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Cast

Actor	Character
Jean Marais	Prof. Lefebvre
Jean Marais	Fantômas
Jean Marais	Fandor
Louis de Funès	Commissioner Juve
Mylène Demongeot	Hélène Gurn
Jacques Dynam	Juve's Assistant
Robert Dalban	Newspaper Editor
Olivier de Funès Olivier de Funès Olivier de Funès , a French film actor, son of Louis de Funès.- Selected filmography :* 1965 : Fantômas se déchaîne of André Hunebelle : Michou...	Michou

The Fantômas trilogy

Title	Release date
Fantômas Fantômas (film) Fantômas is a 1964 French film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Paul Juve. In the film Juve teams up with journalist Fandor, also played by Marais, trying to catch Fantômas but never quite succeeding...	4 November 1964
Fantômas se déchaîne	8 December 1965
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard Fantômas contre Scotland Yard Fantômas contre Scotland Yard is the final installment of a trilogy of films 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. The trilogy was France's answer,...	16 March 1967