Le Voleur de Paratonnerre (1944)

Paul Grimault's 1944 short Le Voleur de Paratonnerre tells a comic tale of an incredibly skilled thief. Anointed with incredible skill and clad in domino mask, the protagonist is very much in the tradition of Arsène Lupin, Fantômas and other French gentleman thieves. This is a lighthearted cartoon, however, and Grimault's version lacks the sadism of his more serious cousins.