The Man Who Laughs
4.6
“If you liked "Scaramouche" you'll love "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.
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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
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Ferdinando Poggi
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Linda Sini
Margherita
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Gianni Musy
Paolo Orsini
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Nino Vingelli
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Livia Contardi
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Erik the Conqueror
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Pierre Clémenti
Orsini's Partisan
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Adriano Cornelli
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Sergio Corbucci Director · Franco Rossetti Screenplay Filippo Sanjust Screenplay
First release August 20, 1966 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Sanson Film, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
Sanson Film
Production
Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
Production
France · Italy
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Original title
L'uomo che ride
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 20, 1966
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No release date listed for United States.
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