1961, Film: Il ratto delle sabine

The Italian adventure-comedy film "Il ratto delle sabine" (English title: "The Rape of the Sabines") was released on 15 November 1961 in Italy. The film was directed by Richard Pottier with a screenplay by Edoardo Anton based on a novel by André Castelot. Main stars are Mylène Demongeot as Rea and Roger Moore as Romulus.

"Il ratto delle sabine" 1961 Poster

Synopsis
The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of course, attack Rome to get their wives and daughters back...

Mylène Demongeot as Rea

Roger Moore as Romulus

Folco Lulli as King Titus Tatius and Mylène Demongeot as Rea

Main cast

• Roger Moore as Romulus
• Mylène Demongeot as Rea
• Giorgia Moll as Lavinia
• Scilla Gabel as Dusia
• Marino Masé as Leno
• Jean Marais as Mars
• Rosanna Schiaffino as Venus
• Folco Lulli as King Titus Tatius
• Luisa Mattioli as Silvia
• Francis Blanche as Mezio
• Nietta Zocchi as Queen Ersilia
• Dina De Santis as Marzia
• Claude Conty as Tarquinius Albus
• Walter Barnes as Stilicone
• Dada Gallotti as Flaminia
• Petar Dobric as Numa Pompilius

Mylène Demongeot as Rea

Mylène Demongeot as Rea and Roger Moore as Romulus

English Trailer 1961

1967, Film: "Fantômas contre Scotland Yard"

The French comedy / crime film "Fantômas contre Scotland Yard" premiered on 16 March 1967 in France. The film was directed by André Hunebelle and written by Jean Halain and Pierre Foucaud, based on the novels by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. Main stars are Jean Marais in the double role as Fantômas and Fandor, Louis de Funès as Le commissaire Juve and Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn. The music was composed by Michel Magne. This is the third and final episode of the Fantômas trilogy after "Fantômas" (1964) and "Fantômas se déchaîne" (1965).

Synopsis

Fantômas (Jean Marais) imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply. Journalist Fandor (Jean Marais), his fiancée Hélène (Mylène Demongeot) and commissaire Juve (Louis de Funès) are invited to Scotland by Lord McRashley (Jean-Roger Caussimon)...

Jean Marais as Fandor, Louis de Funès as Commissaire Juve
and Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn

Jean Marais as Fandor and Louis de Funès as Commissaire Juve

Jean Marais as Fantômas

Main cast

• Jean Marais as Fantômas / Fandor
• Louis de Funès as Le commissaire Juve
• Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn
• Françoise Christophe as Lady Dorothy MacRashley
• Jean-Roger Caussimon as Lord Edward MacRashley
• Robert Dalban as Le directeur du journal

Louis de Funès as Commissaire Juve, Françoise Christophe as Lady Dorothy MacRashley,
Jean Marais as Fandor and Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn

Jean-Roger Caussimon as Lord Edward MacRashley and
Louis de Funès as Commissaire Juve

Trivia

• Only the opening scene was shot in Scotland. The rest was shot between Château de Roquetaillade, near Bordeaux, and Fontainebleau Forest.
• Mylène Demongeot claimed that a fourth episode called "Fantômas à Moscou" ( "Fantômas in Moscow") was planned.

Trailer 1967

1964, Film: Fantômas

On November 4, 1964, Fantômas premiered in France. Directed by André Hunebelle, this French film is loosely based on the fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). Starring Jean Marais in a double role as the master villain Fantômas and journalist Jérome Fandor, Louis de Funès as commissaire Paul Juve and Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn the girlfriend of Jérôme Fandor.

Synopsis

Fantômas, a man of many disguises, can impersonate anyone using very realistic masks. In this first of three films he is unhappy with journalist Fandor, because of a fictitious interview the journalist wrote about him...

Jean Marais as Fantômas

Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn and Jean Marais as Jérome Fandor

Louis de Funès as Paul Juve and Jean Marais as Jérome Fandor

Main Cast

• Jean Marais as Fantômas and Jérome Fandor
• Louis de Funès as Paul Juve
• Mylène Demongeot as Hélène Gurn
• Jacques Dynam as Michel Bertrand
• Robert Dalban as The manager of the newspaper
• Marie-Hélène Arnaud as Lady Maud Beltham