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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Jean SorelAngelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
Lisa GastoniLucrezia Borgia
Ilaria Occhini
Edmund PurdomCesare Borgia
Gino PerniceGaleazzo
Ferdinando PoggiUmberto
Linda SiniMargherita
Gianni MusyPaolo Orsini
Nino VingelliUrsus
Pierre ClémentiOrsini's Partisan
Adriano CornelliArchimedes the DwarfExplore the crew
- Director
- Sergio Corbucci
- Screenplay
- A. Bertolotto
- Screenplay
- Sergio Corbucci
- Screenplay
- Luca Ronconi
- Editor
- Mario Serandrei
- Screenplay
- A. Issaverdens
- Producer
- Joseph Fryd
- Screenplay
- Filippo Sanjust
- Director of Photography
- Enzo Barboni
- Screenplay
- Franco Rossetti