The Last Romantic Lover

Apr 26, 1978

1h 44m

★ 4.3

Overview

The romance between a lion tamer and a liberated girl.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

FFF-French Movies

Film and Co.

Luk Internacional

Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises

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Cast

Elisabeth

Dayle Haddon

Pierre

Gérard Ismaël

Max

Fernando Rey

Le suprème de Nantes

Yann Babilée

Simoni, l'Empereur

Georges Beller

James

Ben Simon

Le voyant

Edouard Bergara

Bianco, le clown blanc

Roland Blanche

Giacomo, le prestidigitateur

Jacques Canselier

L'assistant d'Elisabeth

Geoffrey Carey

Robert, le Maquereau d'Angoulême (n°9)

Etienne Chicot

Auguste

Albert Dray

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7.3

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3.2

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7.2

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