If you liked "Scaramouche" you'll love "The Man Who Laughs"
This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with the deformed protagonist meeting Lucrezia Borgia instead of Queen Anne. Also, Gwynplaine is renamed Angelo (Jean Sorel) with his disfigurement represented by a single broad slash across his mouth, crude yet convincing. The story (not credited to Hugo) is a swashbuckler pitting the disfigured acrobat against the henchmen of the Borgias.
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Cast
- Jean SorelAngelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
- Lisa GastoniLucrezia Borgia
- Ilaria OcchiniDea
- Edmund PurdomCesare Borgia
- Gino PerniceGaleazzo
- Ferdinando PoggiUmberto
- Linda SiniMargherita
- Gianni MusyPaolo Orsini
- Nino VingelliUrsus
- Livia Contardi
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- Sergio CorbucciDirector
- Filippo SanjustScreenplay
- Franco RossettiScreenplay
- A. IssaverdensScreenplay
- Victor HugoNovel
- Enzo BarboniDirector of Photography
- Mario SerandreiEditor
- Joseph FrydProducer
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