Official poster for Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain

Jan 21, 2022 0h 53mTV MovieHistoryDocumentary
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The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Moscow.

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The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character to his contemporary vicissitudes, passing through Louis Feuillade, André Hunebelle, surrealism and Moscow.

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Release date
Jan 21, 2022
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0h 53m
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French, Russian
Country
France

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