<p>The journalist Fandor befriends the King of Hesse-Weimar during one of his Majesty&rsquo;s incognito pleasure trips to Paris, but when the King&rsquo;s mistress is found dead, having fallen from a third-floor window, Inspector Juve is called upon to investigate. When the indomitable detective discovers Lady Beltham, the lover of Fant&ocirc;mas, in disguise among the royal court of Hesse-Weimar, Juve suspects it is none other than the Lord of Terror who is behind the plot against the King.</p>

<p>'From the imaginative standpoint Fant&ocirc;mas is one of the richest works that exist.'<br />
-Guillaume Apollinaire</p>

<p>'Absurd and magnificent lyricism.'<br />
-Jean Cocteau</p>