The Man Who Laughs
- Released on
- Runtime
- 97 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Jean Sorel
- Lisa Gastoni
- Ilaria Occhini
- Edmund Purdom
- Gino Pernice
- Ferdinando Poggi
- Linda Sini
- Gianni Musy
- Nino Vingelli
- Livia Contardi
- Pierre Clémenti
- Adriano Cornelli
- John Bartha
Director
- Sergio Corbucci
Producers
- Joseph Fryd
Screenwriter
- Filippo Sanjust
- Franco Rossetti
- A. Issaverdens
- Sergio Corbucci
- A. Bertolotto
- Luca Ronconi
