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Fantômas: The False Magistrate (1914)

1914 · Silent film · 70 min · dir. Louis Feuillade

  • Crime
  • Drama

Synopsis

Having committed murder in Belgium, Fantomas is sentenced to life imprisonment. Two crimes committed in France suggest to inspector Juve that the Fantomas gang is still at work. He conceives the idea that if Fantomas is set free it will be possible to follow him and capture him and the remaining members of the gang. The villain escapes from prison and makes his way to the railroad station and boards a train where he is tracked by private detectives. When the train stops at a country station,…

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Director
Louis Feuillade
Running time
70 minutes

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