The Man Who Laughs
“If you liked "Scaramouche" you'll love "The Man Who Laughs"”
1966•1h 37m•5.4•Released
DramaAdventure
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.
Director
Sergio Corbucci
Writer
A. Bertolotto, Sergio Corbucci, Luca Ronconi, A. Issaverdens, Filippo Sanjust, Franco Rossetti
Languages
Italian
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Jean Sorel
Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
Lisa Gastoni
Lucrezia Borgia
Ilaria Occhini
Dea
Edmund Purdom
Cesare Borgia
Gino Pernice
Galeazzo
Ferdinando Poggi
Umberto
Linda Sini
Margherita
Gianni Musy
Paolo Orsini
Nino Vingelli
Ursus
Livia Contardi
Pierre Clémenti
Orsini's Partisan
Adriano Cornelli
Archimedes the Dwarf
John Bartha
Giovanni
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Company
Sanson Film
Company
Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
Producer
Joseph Fryd
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