

The Man Who Laughs
1966-08-20 · 97 min · ★ 5.4
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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- Directors
- Sergio Corbucci
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sanson Film, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Jean SorelAngelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
Lisa GastoniLucrezia Borgia
Ilaria OcchiniDea
Edmund PurdomCesare Borgia
Gino PerniceGaleazzo
Ferdinando PoggiUmberto
Linda SiniMargherita
Gianni MusyPaolo Orsini
Nino VingelliUrsus
Pierre ClémentiOrsini's Partisan
Adriano CornelliArchimedes the Dwarf
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