Based on the work of writers Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, and filled with references to French cinema pioneer Louis Feuillade, Fantômas was a four-part minisseries that aired on France's Antenne 2 in 1980 featuring Helmut Berger as Fantômas, Jacques Dufilho as Juve, and Gayle Hunnicutt as Lady Beltham. Episodes 1 and 4 were directed by Claude Chabrol; episodes 2 and 3 by Luis Buñuel's son, Juan Luis Buñuel.