The Man Who Laughs

If you liked "Scaramouche" you'll love "The Man Who Laughs"

196697m5.4 (8)
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.

Crew

Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci

Director

AB

A. Bertolotto

Screenplay

Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci

Screenplay

Luca Ronconi

Luca Ronconi

Screenplay

AI

A. Issaverdens

Screenplay

JF

Joseph Fryd

Producer

FS

Filippo Sanjust

Screenplay

Enzo Barboni

Enzo Barboni

Director of Photography

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

LC

Livia Contardi

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti

Orsini's Partisan

Adriano Cornelli

Adriano Cornelli

Archimedes the Dwarf

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