After the tremendous popular success of the
Fantômas novels, both of the major French
film studios — Pathé and Gaumont —
vied for the rights to produce films based
on the series. Gaumont won, and from
April 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuillade
directed five Fantômas films which critic
David Thomson has described as "the first
great movie experience."。杜尔勋爵(柯林·法瑞尔饰)在澳门避风头时,日日夜夜混迹赌场、酗酒赌博,败光身上仅剩的钱财。他很快便陷入债务深渊,幸好一位名叫“稻茗”的赌场员工(陈法拉饰)对他伸出援手,而来历成谜的她其实藏着不可告人的秘密。 然而,私家侦探辛西娅·布利特(蒂尔达·斯文顿饰)对杜尔穷追不舍,矢言揭开他百般逃避的真相。正当他寻求救赎的同时,现实却像牢笼般一步步将他禁锢,让他无处可逃。。