The Man Who Laughs
L'uomo che ride
Release: 1966-08-20
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 5.0
Drama
Adventure
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sanson Film
Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
Cast
Lisa Gastoni
as Lucrezia Borgia
Ilaria Occhini
as Dea
Nino Vingelli
as Ursus
Pierre Clémenti
as Orsini's Partisan
Adriano Cornelli
as Archimedes the Dwarf
John Bartha
as Giovanni
Jean Sorel
as Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
Edmund Purdom
as Cesare Borgia
Gino Pernice
as Galeazzo
Ferdinando Poggi
as Umberto
Linda Sini
as Margherita
Gianni Musy
as Paolo Orsini
