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The Man Who Laughs

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.

1966 |1h 37m |  Drama, Adventure

Cast

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Jean Sorel

Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi

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Lisa Gastoni

Lucrezia Borgia

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Ilaria Occhini

Dea

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Edmund Purdom

Cesare Borgia

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Gino Pernice

Galeazzo

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Ferdinando Poggi

Umberto

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Linda Sini

Margherita

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Gianni Musy

Paolo Orsini

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Nino Vingelli

Ursus

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Pierre Clémenti

Orsini's Partisan

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Adriano Cornelli

Archimedes the Dwarf

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John Bartha

Giovanni

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Status

Released

Language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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