Captain Fracasse (1943)
Le Capitaine Fracasse
Out of love for an actress, Isabelle, the Baron de Sigognac joins a traveling troupe en route to Paris. When an actor dies, he takes over his role: that of Captain Fracasse.
- Date of release
- 1943-06-19
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Abel Gance
Casting
- Fernand Gravey — Baron de Cigognac
- Assia Noris — Isabelle
- Jean Weber — Duke of Vallombreuse
- Roland Toutain — Scapin
- Lucien Nat — Agostin
- Alice Tissot — Dame Léonarde
- Paul Oettly — Matamore
- Josette France — Zerbine
- Sylvie Gance — Yolande de Foix
- Jacques François — Vidalenc
- Philippe Rolla — Malastic
- Pierre Labry — Hérode
Interesting facts
- Based on: Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse is a 1943 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris and Alice Tissot. It is an adaptation of the novel Captain Fracasse by Théophile Gautier. The scenario and dialogue is by Abel Gance and Claude Vermorel and the music composed by Arthur Honegger. Honegger's score for the film consists of around 50 minutes of music for chorus and large orchestra.
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