Fantomas Unmasked

Between 1911 and 1913, in France, a phenomenon revolutionized the world of publishing: written by two young people from the journalistic world, Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, at the rate of a new episode per month, the adventures of Fantomas, sold at the modest price of 65 cents each, sold several tens of thousands of copies, over the course of 31 novels to scare people. The series of five silent films that Louis Feuillade directed between 1913 and 1914 increased the success of this first popular collection tenfold. Leaving the studio to capture the unequal struggle of policeman Juve and journalist Fandor against the elusive and cruel murderer on the streets of Paris, these masterpieces also revolutionized the young film industry.