The Man Who Laughs (1966)
L'uomo che ride
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.
- Date of release
- 1966-08-20
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Director
- Sergio Corbucci
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs is a 1966 Italian historical drama film based on the 1869 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.
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