The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

1966
1h 37m
5.0

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Drama Adventure

"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.

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Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sanson Film Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
Production Countries
France Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian

Keywords

politics seduction swashbuckler disfigured face doppelgänger borgia family sex facial reconstruction imposter

Quick Facts

Original Title L'uomo che ride
Release Date August 20, 1966
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt0060664

Cast

Jean Sorel
Jean Sorel

Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi

Lisa Gastoni
Lisa Gastoni

Lucrezia Borgia

Ilaria Occhini
Ilaria Occhini

Dea

Edmund Purdom
Edmund Purdom

Cesare Borgia

Gino Pernice
Gino Pernice

Galeazzo

Ferdinando Poggi
Ferdinando Poggi

Umberto

Linda Sini
Linda Sini

Margherita

Gianni Musy
Gianni Musy

Paolo Orsini

Nino Vingelli
Nino Vingelli

Ursus

Livia Contardi
Livia Contardi

Pierre Clémenti
Pierre Clémenti

Orsini's Partisan

Adriano Cornelli
Adriano Cornelli

Archimedes the Dwarf

Key Crew

Sergio Corbucci
Director
Filippo Sanjust
Screenplay
Joseph Fryd
Producer
Franco Rossetti
Screenplay
A. Issaverdens
Screenplay
Sergio Corbucci
Screenplay
A. Bertolotto
Screenplay
Luca Ronconi
Screenplay