The Man Who Laughs (1966)
Drama · Adventure
Overview
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
- Jean Sorel as Angelo Bello / Astorre Manfredi
- Lisa Gastoni as Lucrezia Borgia
- Ilaria Occhini as Dea
- Edmund Purdom as Cesare Borgia
- Gino Pernice as Galeazzo
- Ferdinando Poggi as Umberto
- Linda Sini as Margherita
- Gianni Musy as Paolo Orsini
- Nino Vingelli as Ursus
- Livia Contardi