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Cast

Jean Sorel

Jean Sorel

Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi

Lisa Gastoni

Lisa Gastoni

Lucrezia Borgia

Ilaria Occhini

Ilaria Occhini

Dea

Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

Cesare Borgia

Gino Pernice

Gino Pernice

Galeazzo

Ferdinando Poggi

Ferdinando Poggi

Umberto

Linda Sini

Linda Sini

Margherita

Gianni Musy

Gianni Musy

Paolo Orsini

Nino Vingelli

Nino Vingelli

Ursus

Livia Contardi

Livia Contardi

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti

Orsini's Partisan

Adriano Cornelli

Adriano Cornelli

Archimedes the Dwarf

John Bartha

John Bartha

Giovanni

Crew

Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci

Director

A. Bertolotto

A. Bertolotto

Screenplay

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Novel

Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci

Screenplay

Oscar De Arcangelis

Oscar De Arcangelis

Sound Engineer

Luca Ronconi

Luca Ronconi

Screenplay

Mario Serandrei

Mario Serandrei

Editor

Massimo De Rita

Massimo De Rita

Production Manager

A. Issaverdens

A. Issaverdens

Screenplay

Joseph Fryd

Joseph Fryd

Producer

Filippo Sanjust

Filippo Sanjust

Screenplay

Enzo Barboni

Enzo Barboni

Director of Photography

Alessandro Dell'Orco

Alessandro Dell'Orco

Art Direction

Franco Rossetti

Franco Rossetti

Screenplay

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The Man Who Laughs

19665.5 / 1097 min
Drama, Adventure

Overview

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.