Fantômas · Character

Charles Rambert

A frightened young man who learns that being innocent is not the same as being safe when Juve's dynamometer becomes his only alibi.

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Also known as Young Charles Rambert, Charles, M. Charles Rambert, young Rambert

First appearance: The Genius of Crime

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Young guest fascinated by Fantômas; later has a sleepless night filled with fearful visions.

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Charles Rambert arrives in Paris already tangled in suspicion — the Langrune affair, the Danidoff robbery, and a brawl at a hotel where he fought a man over Mademoiselle Jeanne. Juve clears him not through testimony but through anthropometric records and a strength test that proves his weakness, a strange kind of exoneration that leaves him still half a prisoner. His panic and his disguises make him a moving target in a case where identity itself is the crime scene.

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The Genius of Crime
Young guest fascinated by Fantômas; later has a sleepless night filled with fearful visions.
A Tragic Dawn
Meets his father at the station and walks with him to the château; reveals his lonely childhood.
The Hunt for the Man
A guest at the château, also too distressed to be examined right away; he had gone to meet his father at the station on the morning of the discovery.
No! I Am Not Mad!
Vehemently denies his father's accusation of murder and the suggestion that he is mad.
VI: “Fantômas, It Is Death!”
Accused of murder based on bloodstain evidence and his equivocal behavior; fled with his father during the night.
A Dreadful Confession
Mentioned as the possible identity of the drowned body.
All for Honour
Deceased son of Etienne Rambert, central to the trial as the alleged murderer of Mme. de Langrune.
XI: Magistrate and Detective
Mentioned in the context of the Langrune case; Juve does not confirm his innocence.
XIV: Mademoiselle Jeanne
Revealed as Mademoiselle Jeanne; denies involvement in the robbery and the murder of the Marquise de Langrune.
At the Saint-Anthony's Pig
Disguised as Mademoiselle Jeanne, a pale young man with a budding beard; identified and arrested by Juve.
XVIII: A Prisoner and a Witness
Revealed to be the person disguised as Mademoiselle Jeanne; arrested by Juve and subjected to anthropometric measurements and a strength test.
XIX: Jérôme Fandor
Learns of his innocence and adopts the alias Jérôme Fandor on Juve's advice.
The Scrap of Paper
Arrives unexpectedly at Gurn's flat, surprising Juve.

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