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Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre

1965 · 1 season

A slow, atmospheric mystery that draws you into nocturnal museum corridors and a web of secrets, with a persistent sense of unease.

Created by
Claude Barma
Genres
Mystery, Crime
Starring
Juliette Gréco, Isaac Alvarez, Christine Delaroche
Overview
Four episodes chronicle a mysterious phantom who appears in the Musée du Louvre in Paris at night. Neither guards nor police are able to make an arrest. But a curious young man tries to break the ice and discover what drives the creature and its activities.

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Created by
Claude Barma
Genres
Mystery, Crime
Starring
Juliette Gréco, Isaac Alvarez, Christine Delaroche
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • obsession
  • conspiracy
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, crime
Created by
Claude Barma
Written by
Jacques Armand, Claude Barma
Starring
Juliette Gréco, Isaac Alvarez, Christine Delaroche, René Dary, Yves Rénier, Georges Staquet, François Chaumette, Sylvie
Music
Antoine Duhamel
Cinematography
Jacques Lemare
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 290 min each
Network
ORTF Télévision
Country
France
Languages
French, German, Italian

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