The Man Who Laughs

Aug 20, 1966

1h 37m

★ 5.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Sanson Film

Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)

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Cast

Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi

Jean Sorel

Lucrezia Borgia

Lisa Gastoni

Dea

Ilaria Occhini

Cesare Borgia

Edmund Purdom

Galeazzo

Gino Pernice

Umberto

Ferdinando Poggi

Margherita

Linda Sini

Paolo Orsini

Gianni Musy

Ursus

Nino Vingelli

Livia Contardi

Orsini's Partisan

Pierre Clémenti

Archimedes the Dwarf

Adriano Cornelli

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