- Belphégor (novel)
"Belphégor" (English title "The Mystery of the Louvre") is a 1927
horror novel by Frenchwriter Arthur Bernède , about a "ghost" which haunts theLouvre Museum , in reality a maskedvillain trying to steal a hiddentreasure . It was simultaneously adapted as amovie serial starringRené Navarre asChantecoq , Bernède'sfictional detective andElmire Vautier as the villainous Belphégor."Belphégor" inspired several other adaptations, including an eponymous
1965 Frenchtelevision series starringJuliette Greco in the title role (but without Chantecoq), a 1965 comic daily strip, a2001 film starringSophie Marceau , and a 2001 French-Canadiananimated television series.The
1966 film "La Malédiction de Belphégor" has nothing to do with Bernède's version and was made to cash in on the 1965 television series' popularity.Editions
*1927, J. Tallandier
*1929, World Wide Publishing Co., Inc. (English)
*2001, Fayard, ISBN 2213609098
*2001, Hachette, ISBN 2013218753External links
* [http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/belphegor.htm The French Wold Newton Universe - Belphegor]
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