Fantomas Three Film Collection – Blu Ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Timothy Bodzioney]

Kino Lorber has released Andre Hunnebelle’s 1960s Fantomas trilogy on Blu Ray.  The set includes 1964s Fantomas, 1965s Fantomas Unleashed, and 1967s Fantomas Vs. Scotland Yard.  All three films star Jean Marais, Louis De Funes, and Mylene Demongeot.  Though the transfers provided by Gaumont are erratic with each film having good looking and poor looking sequences, it is nice to have these available in America on any video format for the first time.



Fantomas (1964)



Released: 04 Nov 1964
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 100 min




Director: André Hunebelle
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Fantasy



Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot, Jacques Dynam
Writer(s): Pierre Souvestre (novels), Marcel Allain (novels), Jean Halain (screenplay), Pierre Foucaud (screenplay), Jean Halain (dialogue)



Plot: Criminal...

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[stinky fitzwizzle]

So it's possible the U.S. premiere for the final two Fantomas films were in your rumpus-room?

 

[Darby67]

Timothy, thank you for the very even-handed review!

Sean

 

[haineshisway]

Just as a point of interest - the only one of the three to have a proper restoration is the first film. And that looks really quite nice. The other two are simply not good - old and tired.