Cagliostro (1929)
Paris, France, 1784. After living many tribulations, Joseph Balsamo, known as Count Cagliostro, an infamous adventurer, enigmatic magician and necromancer, experienced physician and ruthless swordsman, triumphs among the members of the decadent French aristocracy. But a bold foretelling about a very prominent noblewoman causes his fall in disgrace… (Partially lost film.)
- Date of release
- 1929-04-08
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Director
- Richard Oswald
Casting
- Hans Stüwe — Cagliostro
- Charles Dullin — Count of Breteil
- Edmond van Daële — Louis XVI
- Alfred Abel — Prince of Rohan
- Ivan Koval-Samborskiy — Bénito
- Jules Moy — Bohmer
- Georges Deneubourg — Basange
- Suzanne Bianchetti — Marie-Antoinette
- Renée Héribel — Lorenza
- Illa Meery — Countess Jeanne de la Motte
- Rina De Liguoro — Marquise Laura Espada
- Alice Tissot — Duchess of Mittau
Interesting facts
Cagliostro is a 1929 silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Hans Stüwe, Renée Héribel and Alfred Abel. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian occultist Alessandro Cagliostro, portraying him more sympathetically than in most other works. It was based on a novel by Johannes von Guenther.
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