The Man Who Laughs

If you liked "Scaramouche" you'll love "The Man Who Laughs"

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.

Jean Sorel

Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi

Lisa Gastoni

Lucrezia Borgia

Edmund Purdom

Cesare Borgia

Gino Pernice

Galeazzo

Linda Sini

Margherita

Gianni Musy

Paolo Orsini

Pierre Clémenti

Orsini's Partisan

Adriano Cornelli

Archimedes the Dwarf

John Bartha

Giovanni

Sergio Corbucci

Screenplay

Luca Ronconi

Screenplay

Franco Rossetti

Screenplay

Filippo Sanjust

Screenplay

A. Issaverdens

Screenplay

A. Bertolotto

Screenplay

Enzo Barboni

Director of Photography

Joseph Fryd

Producer

Massimo De Rita

Production Manager

Oscar De Arcangelis

Sound Engineer

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