Fantômas () is a French silent crime film serial directed by Louis Feuillade, based on the novel of the same name. The five episodes, initially released throughout 1913–14, were restored under the direction of Jacques Champreaux and released in this new form in 2006. Series The series consists of five episodes, each an hour to an hour and a half in length, which end in cliffhangers. Episodes one and three end with Fantômas making a last-minute escape, and the end of the second entry has Fantômas blowing up Lady Beltham's manor house with Juve and Fandor, the two heroes, still inside. The subsequent episodes begin with a recap of the story that has gone before. Each film is further divided into three or more chapters that do not end in cliffhangers. Fantômas I: À l'ombre de la guillotine ("Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine") (1913) "Le Vol du Royal Palace Hotel" ("The Theft at the Royal Palace Hotel") "La Disparition de Lord Beltham" ("The Disappearance of Lord Beltham") "Autour de l'échafaud" ("By the Guillotine") Fantômas II: Juve contre Fantômas ("Juve vs. Fantômas") (1913) "La Catastrophe du Simplon-Express" ("Disaster on the Simplon Express") "Au "Crocodile" ("At the Crocodile") "La Villa hantée" ("The Haunted Villa") "L'Homme noir" ("The Man in Black") Fantômas III: Le Mort Qui Tue ("The Murderous Corpse") (1913) "Le Drame rue Novins" ("The Tragedy in Rue Novins") "L'Enquête de Fandor" ("Fandor's Investigation") "Le Collier de la princesse" ("The Princess's Necklace") "Le Banquier Nanteul" ("The Banker Nanteul") "Elizabeth Dollon" "Les Gants de peau humaine" ("The Human Skin Gloves") Fantômas IV: Fantômas contre Fantômas ("Fantômas vs. Fantômas") (1914) "Fantômas et l'opinion publique" ("Fantômas and Public Opinion") "Le Mur qui saigne" ("The Wall that Bleeds") "Fantômas contre Fantômas" ("Fantômas vs. Fantômas") "Règlement de comptes" ("Getting Even") Fantômas V: Le Faux Magistrat ("The False Magistrate") (1914) "Prologue" ("The Theft at the Château des Loges") "Le Prisonnier de Louvain" ("The Prisoner of Louvain") "Monsieur Charles Pradier, juge d'instruction" ("Charles Pradier, Examining Magistrate") "Le Magistrat cambrioleur" ("The Burglar Judge") "L'Extradé de Louvain" ("The Extradited Man") Cast René Navarre as Fantômas aka Gurn, Tom Bob and many other aliases Edmund Breon as Inspector Juve Georges Melchior as Jérôme Fandor, reporter for the Capital newspaper and Juve's collaborator Renée Carl as Lady Beltham, Fantômas' mistress Jane Faber as Princesse Danidoff Volbert as Valgrand Naudier as Nibet Maillard as Valgrand's dresser Yvette Andréyor as Josephine Reception Fantômas