Fantômas + live musical accompaniment

Gaumont Anniversary Special Event with live musical accompaniment

This silent film series helped to establish the reputation of Gaumont Studios, celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. Criminal mastermind Fantômas (René Navarre) uses disguises, gentleman’s charm, and vicious ruthlessness to terrorise Paris. He is relentlessly pursued by Inspector Juve (Edmund Bréon), who is determined to send him to the guillotine. Each episode follows the same general plot. An extraordinary crime is committed by Fantômas, Juve and his cohort, the newspaper reporter Fandor (Georges Melchior), track down and capture the crime lord, but bizarrely Fantômas escapes and evades justice every time. Prepare to be amazed by the rapid action scenes – within minutes of escaping a terrible train disaster, our heroes are fighting for their lives amidst a raging inferno at a distillery, and more is to come! The relentless pace is breathtaking, and all the more remarkable that Louis Feuillade had achieved such a mastery of the suspense thriller with comparatively primitive film-making technology.

“Highly influential in the development of cinema.” Eye for Film